Evan Siddall
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| Born | 1965 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | • University of Guelph • York University/Osgoode Hall Law School • Harvard Business School | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
| Member of | Brookings Institution | |||||||||||
Former Goldman Sachs and Lazard Frères & Co bankster who by 2021 had become Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, managing one of Canada's largest public pools of funds with assets under management totaling $168.3 billion as of year-end 2021. Brookings Institution. Attended the 2024 Bilderberg meeting.
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Evan Siddall is a former Goldman Sachs and Lazard Frères & Co bankster who by 2021 had become Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, managing one of Canada's largest public pools of funds with assets under management totaling $168.3 billion as of year-end 2021.[1] A former fellow of the Brookings Institution[2], he attended the 2024 Bilderberg meeting.
Education
Siddall was born in Toronto, Ontario, grew up in Georgetown, Ontario and attended Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School in Guelph, Ontario.
Siddall obtained a B.A. in Management Economics from the University of Guelph, and an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He also completed the President's Program in Leadership executive education program at Harvard Business School.
Career
Siddall spent five years at Burns Fry Limited (later the Bank of Montreal's BMO Nesbitt Burns) 1989-1994, before leaving as Managing Director to become a Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co in 1997. Promoted to Managing Director in 2001, he left Goldman in 2002 to join Lazard Frères & Co as Resident Managing Director and Head of Canada. Siddall joined Fort Reliance Limited, the parent company of Irving Oil Limited, as Corporate Finance Officer in 2009.
In 2010, Siddall went to government employment at the Bank of Canada as Special Advisor to the Governor and the Bank’s Senior Representative in Toronto, Canada’s financial centre.
Siddall is a former chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Guelph, 2008-2011, and the Council of Chairs of Ontario Universities.[3] He was also a former faculty member and founding member of the Advisory Board of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University.[4]
Siddall was President and CEO of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) from January, 2014 to April, 2021. Siddall's role entailed leading CMHC as it implemented Canada's 10-year National Housing Strategy.[5] In 2018, Siddall's term was renewed for another two years, to December 2020.[6][7][8]
Siddall has been a vocal defender of the Trudeau government's mortgage stress test to limit house price growth by making it harder to qualify for a mortgage in Canada.[9][10]
Siddall was appointed CEO of AIMCo effective July 1, 2021 and has been credited with transforming its leadership and strategy following significant trading losses in 2020.[11]
He is a past president of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and the Osler Bluff Ski Club.[12]
In 2022, Siddall was given a Catalyst award for his work in promoting women and diversity, equity, and inclusion.[13]
He is married to Sonia Verma, a Canadian news executive and former foreign correspondent.
Siddall was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease in 2014.[14]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2024 | 30 May 2024 | 2 June 2024 | Spain Madrid | The 70th Bilderberg Meeting |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | Switzerland WEF | 1912 guests in Davos |
References
- ↑ https://annualreports.aimco.ca/2021/pdfs/AIMCo-AR2021.pdf
- ↑ https://www.brookings.edu/people/evan-siddall/
- ↑ https://www.uoguelph.ca/secretariat/boardofgovernors#:~:text=The%20eighteenth%2C%20and%20current%2C%20Chair,Brown%20Andison%2C%20B.Sc.
- ↑ https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/past-advisory-board-members
- ↑ https://www.placetocallhome.ca
- ↑ Government of Canada ensures continuity of leadership during period of transformation, announces extension of term for CMHC President.
- ↑ https://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/mortgages/cmhc-head-evan-siddall-announces-departure-says-he-wont-seek-term-renewa
- ↑ Government of Canada Extends Term for CMHC President.
- ↑ https://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/cmhc-head-forcefully-defends-mortgage-stress-test-as-calls-grow-to-loosen-rules
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-easing-the-mortgage-stress-test-would-increase-debt-bump-housing/
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-aimco-evan-siddall-pension-plans-alberta/
- ↑ https://www.sidelaunchbrewing.com/
- ↑ https://www.catalyst.org/bio/evan-siddall/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210507010134/https://www.growlingbeaver.com/
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