Andrew Fleming is a Partner of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP and is
Managing Partner of the Toronto office. He is a member of the Business
Law Group of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP and its Banking and
Financial Products practice team. He has extensive experience in business
law, including banking, company and securities law, and regulatory
requirements relating to financial institutions and products, as well as
corporate transactions, financings and mergers & acquisitions. In the area
of banking law, he has participated in structuring some of the largest
corporate credits in Canada and assisted on banking matters related to
the ABCP (asset-backed commercial paper) crisis. On the financial
regulatory front, Mr. Fleming participated in structuring the first global
covered bond programme by Canadian issuer (RBC), and the first ever
covered bond issue in Canada, also for RBC. In addition, he participated in
the structuring of an innovative structured finance shelf offering for RBC
in Canada. In both cases, a detailed understanding of the regulatory
environment applicable to financial institutions was required, as well as, an appreciation of the related
policy issues. Also has acted as arbitrator in international business matters. Andrew is a Past Member of
the Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission and of the
Committee on Corporate Disclosure of the TSX. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1975 and to the
Bar of Ontario in 1999. He is listed as one of Canada’s leading Capital Markets lawyers in The Legal
Media Group Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers. Andrew also volunteers as a
Governor of the Shaw Festival and is Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Ryerson Theatre School.
Lori Boyce, CHS is a graduate of Queen’s University, holding
degrees in History and Education. Her professional career began
in 1981 at Crown Life as a Disability Underwriter Trainee. In the
past 34 years Lori has held a variety of executive positions at
Aetna, Maritime, and Manulife; she has always had some degree
of responsibility for Living Benefits underwriting. Currently she is
the AVP of Underwriting, Risk Management, & Research and
Development, Retail Markets, Manulife Financial. Lori’s focus is
finding creative solutions for individual Disability, Critical Illness,
and Long term Care insurance underwriting challenges and
providing Living Benefits underwriting input into product
development, training and field support.
Darrell Jensen is a CA and CPA. He is a partner at Ernst & Young LLP in
Toronto, dealing with complex auditing matters on the Professional
Standards Group. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Auditing and Assurance
Standards Board which sets auditing standards to be followed by public
accountants in Canada. Darrell and his partner Dan McHenry have been
attending MCC Toronto since 1999. He was previously a member of the
Board from 2003 until 2005 and chaired the Finance Committee during
this time. He was also a member of the Executive Committee.