Investing In Your Career

 

Schedule

 

7:45 a.m. Registration, Networking

 

8:30 a.m. Opening Comments from Trevor Bateman, CFA, Toronto CFA Society President

 

8:35 a.m. Using Soft Skills to Gain the Business Advantage
(presented by Mark Jeffries, Corporate Coach)

 

10:00 a.m. Networking Break

 

10:30 a.m. Personal Branding: How to Build Your Brand & Stand Out from Other CFA Charterholders
(presented by Paul Copcutt, SquarePeg Solutions)

 

11:15 a.m. Getting the Job You Want on Bay Street
(presented by Duncan Stewart, CFA, Research Analyst, Orion Securities)

 

12:00 p.m. Lunch (Sponsored by Barclays Global Investors)

 

12:45 p.m. Success Through Responsibility: The Challenge of Change
(presented by Kit Grant, Director, Comfort Zone Infiltration)

 

2:00 p.m. Executive Search Firm Panel: Forecasting Top Recruiting Trends
(Moderator: Marg Franklin, CFA, KJ Harrison & Partners, Inc.)

 

Panelists: Tanya van Biesen, Coleader of the Canadian Financial Services Practice, SpencerStuart; Shawn Cooper, Managing Director and Country Manager, Canada, Russell Reynolds Associates; Rosemarie Baker, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

 

3:00 p.m. Networking Break

 

3:30 p.m. Going Independent: Starting Your Own Firm
(presented by Jay Taparia, CFA, Managing Director, Sanskar Investments)

 

4:15 p.m. An Introduction to the Institutional Investment Business
(presented by Harry Marmer, CFA, Senior Vice President, Institutional Investment Services, Franklin Templeton Investments)

 

5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks from Chip Deale, Head, Society Services, CFA Institute