Team Members Archive - Page 3 of 3

Rick is a former senior partner of Norton Rose Fulbright where he handled capital market transactions and mergers and acquisitions for private and publicly traded corporations, provided ongoing corporate and securities law advice to issuers and financial intermediaries, advised boards of directors and special board committees, and mediated shareholder disputes.

Rick has a LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School (1975) and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He is recognized in Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada 2012-2013 as one of the most frequently recommended in the area of Corporate Mid-Market.

Michael Arthur Meighen, Q.C., is a Canadian senator (retired), lawyer and philanthropist. A graduate of McGill University and University Laval (cum laude), Michael has practiced litigation and commercial law in both Montreal and Toronto.

Michael was appointed to the Senate of Canada by former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1990 representing Ontario, where he chaired the Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. He also served on the National Security and Defence Committee and chaired its Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs. He was a member of the Senate Special Joint Committee on Canada’s Defence Policy (1994) and the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada. From 1985 to 1987, Michael acted as Co-legal Counsel on the Deschenes Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals.

Michael is the Chancellor of McGill University, chairs the T.R. Meighen Family Foundation, and is a director of the Peter Cundill Foundation, and Sentry Investments. In January 2007, he was appointed as a Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park by the Canadian Government.

Michael was appointed to the Order of Canada in December 2014 and has long been active in the community, including chairing the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, the Salvation Army Metro-Toronto Advisory Board and the Canadian Unity Council.

Jennifer Doherty is Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Operating Officer and joined the Firm in 2001. Jennifer is responsible for the firm’s compliance and day-to-day operations and client service. Jennifer has completed the Canadian Securities Course (1998), the Conduct & Practices Handbook Course (1999), the Partners, Directors and Officers Qualifying Exam (2001), Trader Training Course (2002), Chief Compliance Officer Qualifying Exam (2008) and the Chief Financial Officers Exam (2012). Prior to joining JC Clark, Jennifer served as Operations and Client Services Manager at Connor Clark & Co. where she worked closely with John Clark for more than fourteen years.

Colin Stewart is a founding shareholder of JC Clark Ltd. and the Chief Executive Officer, and Portfolio Manager at the Firm. Colin serves as the Portfolio Manager for the JC Clark Preservation Trust and the JC Clark Focused Fund. Colin received a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1998 and is a CFA charterholder (2001). Colin began his career in the Corporate Finance division of CIBC World Markets and then joined Connor Clark & Co. where he worked alongside JC Clark founder John Clark as a Research Analyst.

Since 2012, Colin has been a Director of the Yellow Bus Foundation, a charity whose mandate is to enable children living with chronic illnesses or disadvantaged youth to enrich their lives by expanding their access to programming and support.

Colin is a member of the Toronto Chapter of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), the world’s premier peer network of chief executives and business leaders. He is also a member of the President’s Council of St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto.