Tom is considered to be one of Canada's top corporate counsels and corporate governance experts. He was formerly: counsel to Norton Rose Fulbright, Chairman of Westwind Capital Corporation, Chairman of the Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada, Chairman of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of Canada; member of the Advisory Board of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions of Canada; Chairman of the Corporate Finance Committee of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA); a former public director of the IDA for many years; former Vice Chairman of Gordon Capital Partners and a past Director of Mount Sinai Hospital.