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Meet our Chairman



Brian M. Levitt became the Chairman of the Board on January 1, 2011.

Recognized as one of the leading corporate governance and M&A advisors in Canada, Brian serves as Counsel at Osler, Hoskin, & Harcourt LLP, and practices at the firm’s Montreal office. Brian first joined Osler’s Toronto office in 1976 and became a partner in 1979. In 1991, Brian became President and was subsequently named CEO of Imasco Limited, which was the parent of the Canada Trust group of companies. Imasco was sold in 2000 and Brian returned to Osler in 2001.

A director on TD’s board since December 2008, Brian has served as a director of numerous public companies over the past 20 years. Brian is currently a director of Domtar Corporation, Bell Canada and BCE Inc., and served as Board Chair of Domtar until its merger with Weyerhauser’s white paper business in 2007.

Brian holds a law degree from the University of Toronto, where he also completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.

An active participant in community organizations and public life, Brian currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Vice-Chair of the Board of the C.D. Howe Institute. In 2007, Brian was appointed to the five-person Competition Policy Review Panel created by the Government of Canada to review key elements of Canada's competition and foreign direct investment policies.