119:, where he graduated bachelor of commerce in 1980. He began his career in 1981 with the investment brokerage house McLeod Young Weir Limited, and by 1986 had become a vice-president. In December 1987, McLeod Young Weir was acquired by the Bank of Nova Scotia and renamed ScotiaMcLeod. In 1988 he was elected a director of ScotiaMcLeod, in 1990 became a senior vice-president, and in 1996 became managing director for institutional equities. In 1998 he attended the
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