Garnet Fenn

Mr. Fenn was a senior finance executive in the automotive industry for 28 years until retirement. He holds under-graduate and graduate degrees and diplomas from the University of Windsor and Western University. Mr. Fenn is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (Ontario, FCA, FCMA, FCGA) and Certified Public Accountant (Michigan) and has completed CPA Canada’s tax specialty programs. He is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute, Canadian Securities Institute and is a Fellow Chartered Governance professional granted through the Canadian Governance Institute of Canada. He has completed executive programs at Western University, INSEAD (Paris) and IMD (Switzerland) and certificates in adjudication and securities law from Osgoode Law School.

Mr. Fenn is formerly the Global Group Assistant Treasurer of DaimlerChrysler LLC and Cerberus-Chrysler in Auburn Hills, Michigan and New York, and Vice President and CFO/Treasurer of Canadian operations. He was the Chief Compliance Officer of the company’s global funded trusts including its pension plans and Financial Controller of benefit plans and a member of the Global Benefits and Investment Strategy Committees. While at Chrysler, Mr. Fenn was involved in several operational units and was previously the Global Executive Director Corporate Financial Analysis, Accounting and External Reporting. He has financial planning and tax experience at KPMG Chartered Professional Accountants, RBC Dominion Securities and currently, Doher & Company Chartered Professional Accountants. He has also been involved in higher education teaching and course development for over 25 years.

Mr. Fenn is a former Commissioner and Board member with the Ontario Securities Commission in Toronto, Ontario and was the Chair of its Audit and Finance and Risk Committees. He is a board member of Enwin Utilities in Windsor, Ontario where he serves as Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee. He is actively involved in several not-for-profit organizations as Audit Chair and CPA Canada programs in financial literacy, data analytics and cyber awareness for boards. Mr. Fenn was recently appointed to the Financial Services Tribunal of the Financial Services Regulatory Agency.