Biography
Brian is Co-Chair of the firm and practices in our Montréal office. He is recognized as one of the leading corporate governance and M&A advisors in Canada. Brian first joined Osler’s Toronto office in 1976 and became a partner in 1979. In 1991 Brian became President and, subsequently, CEO of Imasco Limited, a Canadian consumer products and services company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange which was, at the time, one of the larger public companies in Canada measured by market capitalization. Imasco’s holdings included Canada’s largest tobacco products manufacturer; one of the leading retail banks in Canada; and Canada’s largest drug store chain. Imasco was sold in 2000 and Brian returned to Osler in 2001. Brian has served as a director of various substantial public companies over the past 20 years.
He is currently a director of The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Domtar Corporation and BCE Inc. He served as Board Chair of Domtar until its merger with the white paper business of Weyerhauser in 2007. Brian is active in public life and community organizations. He 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.