John Braive

Mr. Braive started his career as a Fixed Income Analyst at Royal Trust in Montreal before being promoted to Senior Vice President of Fixed Income in Toronto. His strong track record led him to join Timmins and Associates (“TAL”) as a partner in 1983 to manage the firm's fixed income portfolios. Mr. Braive was one of the founding partners, acquiring all of the minority interest in TAL Investment Counsel in 1987 from Timminco.

Mr. Braive started the active management of fixed income portfolios at TAL and, with strong performance and an exceptional team, attracted institutional clients from across Canada and the U.S. He introduced new fixed income products for clients and his leadership helped build TAL into one of the pre-eminent investment management firms in Canada. He was Chairman and CEO of the institutional division from 1998 to 2001, when TAL was purchased by CIBC.

Mr. Braive became Vice Chairman of CIBC Asset Management in 2001, where as part of his role, he was responsible for the fixed income team that managed $65 billion in assets in multiple strategies. He was active in the asset allocation process and equity research, and also supported relationship managers with clients. In addition, he was on the Board of Directors of CIBC Asset Management. Mr. Braive retired from CIBC Asset Management in March 2018.

Mr. Braive is currently Chair of the Investment Committee of the North York General Foundation and serves on its Research and Innovation Committee. Mr. Braive is also a Director of The National Ballet of Canada's Endowment Foundation and sits on its investment committee.