AIMCo has appointed Helen M. Kearns to its board of directors.
She’s the president and CEO of investment advisory firm Bell Kearns & Associates Ltd. and has worked in the industry for more than 30 years.
Prior to joining Bell Kearns, Kearns was president of Nasdaq Canada and an officer of Nasdaq. Previously, she had her own institutional investment firm, Kearns Capital Limited.
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She started in the investment business as an institutional equity salesperson at Richardson Greenshields, where she held positions of increasing responsibility until becoming head of institutional sales and trading and a member of the executive committee.
Kearns also served two terms as a governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange and was a member of the board of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
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