We have a seasoned team to help you build your Legacy of Giving. We are as excited as you are about the future of philanthropy and the power to give back to our family, friends and communities. Here are the people that will work for you to make it all come together.
Frank Anderson
Frank Anderson is a seasoned business executive with extensive directorship experience with business and volunteer boards. Frank was a senior executive at Dundee Wealth Inc. during the recent financial crisis (2007-2010). As Vice-Chair, Financial Administration and Operations and Advisor to the Company, Frank provided advice on navigating the crisis through to a positive outcome for Dundee's shareholders. Frank was also the Owner and CEO of LIN Solutions Inc. (1999-2007) and Executive Vice President and COO of Hy & Zel's (2002-2003).
Frank began his career as a Chartered Accountant in 1967 and worked for 22 years with Wm. Eisenberg & Co., Chartered Accountants, followed by 10 years at Arthur Anderson LLP where he retired as a Senior Partner in 1999.
Having served on numerous Corporate and Not-for-Profit Boards, Frank has significant experience chairing Audit Committees. He is also the co-creator of Arthur Andersen’s “Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies” which is now a very successful program at Deloitte LLP. Frank is the author of various retail industry articles written while at Arthur Andersen, author of an overview of the Canadian Retail Industry for a major financial institution, speaker at various seminars, co-publisher of a CICA Research Study on the Audit of Real Estate Companies, executive producer of two 13-week television series entitled Canada's Best Businesses, and was a contributor to Facing the Forces of Change, a study commissioned by the New York-based NAW.
Currently, Frank is involved in The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the UHN Foundation, Villa Charities Inc., Villa Colombo Toronto, and Surrey Place.
Having obtained his Chartered Accountant designation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (1967) after completing his Master of Arts (Social Economics) at the University of Glasgow (1963), Frank was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1997.
Edna Chu
Edna Chu is a highly accomplished Wealth Management Compliance Executive with expertise in designing and implementing robust Compliance Risk Management programs in large, complex, matrix financial institutions. As a Subject Matter Expert and adept Agent of Change, she has been instrumental in delivering key strategic initiatives, including business acquisitions and integrations, internal business reorganizations and significant regulatory implementations.
Edna is currently an Executive Regulatory Compliance Consultant and is Chair/member of three mutual fund Independent Review Committees (NI 81-107). She has formerly held the posts of Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Sentry Investments, Vice President and Deputy Head of Wealth Management Compliance at Scotiabank, and Associate Vice President of Compliance at MD Financial Management.
Edna has a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B)/ Juris Doctor (JD) from the Windsor Law and Detroit Mercy Law Dual LL.B/JD Program, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), also from the University of Windsor, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfred Laurier University. She is a member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
Lou Fabiano
Secretary
Lou is Senior Strategic Advisor to Veritas and will provide direction and support on the firms long term strategy. Lou joined Veritas as COO in 2014. Prior to joining Veritas, Lou was an executive with TD and Scotiabank (HollisWealth) focused on research, products, strategy, and marketing in both wealth and asset management.
His experience and education are cross-border having worked in both Canada and the United States. Lou graduated with a BA from The University of Western Ontario and an MBA from Clemson University.
Sam Labell
Treasurer
Sam is an Advising Representative and Director at Veritas Asset Management Inc., helping to structure and execute portfolio strategies. Prior to moving to VAM, Sam spent five years as Veritas Investment Research Head of Research and 11 years as the lead analyst covering the Oil & Gas sector.
In 2006, Sam was the first analyst to highlight Canada’s stock option backdating problem, which triggered a review of option filing practices by the Canadian Securities Administrators. Backdating problems were subsequently discovered at BlackBerry Ltd., Ensign Energy Services and Penn West Petroleum Ltd., among others. From 2004 to 2020, Sam served on the Veritas Investment Committee to select the firm’s V-List, a model portfolio of Top Buy ideas. As well as conducting teach-ins for Veritas’ clients, Sam has been a featured speaker at CPA Canada conferences and on Business News Network. Sam is a CFA Charterholder and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Toronto, an MA in Economics from the University of Ottawa, and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Joe Mauko
Joe Mauko is currently working as a cybersecurity consultant for Awake Security (recently acquired by Arista Networks). He is a former Olympic contender who brings discipline coupled with 12 years cyber security sales experience and strategic account management.
One word that defines Joe best, professionally & personally is: athlete.
The “athlete” in Joe is apparent in all aspects of his life & career – from his personal & professional development with a passion to grow and win and giving back. He is not afraid of hard work as he has fought many hard-won battles with numerous records broken.... on-and-off the track.
Joe is happily married 15years to Claudine; together they have two beautiful children, Gavin (13) and Camille (10).
Anthony Scilipoti
FCPA, FCA, CPA (Illinois)Chair
Anthony co-founded Veritas Investment Research in 2000 and launched Veritas Asset Management Inc. in 2016 as a way to action the research ideas. He is a Fellow Chartered Public Accountant, a Fellow Chartered Accountant, a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois) and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a licenced portfolio manager. Anthony also serves as a member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee since 2006. In 2019, Anthony was appointed to the Board of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Anthony has been very active in accounting standard setting since 2003. He is a former member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board, the CICA's Emerging Issues Committee, and was the Chair of CPA Canada's Users Advisory Committee.
Anthony began teaching in 1997 as a part-time accounting instructor at York University's Schulich School of Business in the MBA and BBA Programs. He was nominated for the Teaching Excellence Award in 1997 and 2003.
Several of Anthony’s cases have been published in Cases in Financial Accounting: A Principles Based Approach, First Edition, 2006, and In Search of the “Right” Numbers – an Ivey Case that profiles Bombardier Inc. in 2001, published July 2020. While he no longer teaches full courses, Anthony guest lectures at the undergraduate and graduate levels and runs custom training programs on financial statement analysis and business valuation for Canadian and U.S. analysts and portfolio managers, regulators, accountants, as well as financial and non-financial professionals.
As an advocate for investors’ rights, Anthony is a frequent media commentator and public speaker on financial accounting and disclosure issues and is considered an industry expert in special situations related to accounting. Anthony has also served as an expert witness for securities regulators and other civil disputes.
Mark S. Bonham
M.Sc. (Economics), ICD.D, B.Comm.Executive Director
Mark S. Bonham, a veteran of the Canadian financial industry, is very excited to lead the team at The Veritas Foundation. Prior to joining The Veritas Foundation, Mr. Bonham operated his consulting company Bonham & Co. Inc., prior to which he was a founder and Chief Executive Officer of two successive mutual fund entities, BPI Financial Corporation and Strategic Value Corporation. Under his leadership, both companies grew to be publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and were later sold to rival organizations.
A Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, Mark received his M.Sc. (Econ) with a focus on Capital Markets Theory from the London School of Economics (1986), a B.Comm. from the University of Toronto (1982), and is a Fellow, Life Office Management Association (1982). Mark successfully became a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D, 2023). In 2024, Mark received an Honourary Doctorate degree from Toronto Metropolitan University for his business, scholarly, and philanthropic accomplishments.
Mark is the author of five books to date, including the books Trade-Offs: The History of Canada-U.S. Trade Negotiations (2018) and Becoming 150: 150 Years of Canadian Business History (2017). He is a contributor on the financial industry to The Canadian Encyclopedia.
A co-founder and former Board Member the Canadian Business History Association, Mark is the past Board Chair of the Toronto Botanical Garden and has endowed the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. Active at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Mark has provided scholarships and endowed the Bonham Chair in International Finance. Among his many community projects, Mark has co-chaired the capital campaign for Toronto’s new LGBTQ youth homeless shelter and was the lead donor and co-Chair of the Casey House Hospital Capital Campaign.
Mark was included in the Financial Times of London (UK)OUTstanding Global Business Leaders list in 2017 and was recently named the 2018 Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). He is the recipient of the inaugural Alumni of Influence Award from the University of Toronto (2012), the Clarkson Laureateship in Public Service (2016), and is a Member of the Group of 175, being the 175 most influential graduates of the University of Toronto.
Mark also sits on the Board of Directors of createTO, Build, and Toronto Portlands Inc. In 2024, he was appointed to the Global Board of Human Rights Watch.
Giselle Saati
MBAAssociate
Giselle was most recently a Business Development Representative at affiliated company Veritas Asset Management. After 20 years in the luxury jewelry industry, Giselle completed a BComm in Finance at Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) and an MBA at IE Business School in Spain. Since then, Giselle has gained a breadth of experience in different industries from commercial real estate lending to automotive. In her spare time, Giselle trains in Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting.
At The Veritas Foundation, Giselle assists in Administration, Marketing & Promotion, and Research activities.
Investment Manager
Veritas Asset Management was founded in February of 2016 and is an independent employee owned research driven investment manager. Veritas Asset Management (VAM) was founded on the belief that superior research leads to better investment decisions. VAM sources its investment ideas from Veritas Investment Research (VIR), an award-winning equity research organization whose fundamental research is based on forensic-accounting principles. Together, VAM and VIR offer a unique investment solution that diversify and add value to any portfolio.
Administration Services
Veritas Charity Services Inc. (VCSI), a subsidiary of the Veritas Group, is the Veritas Foundation's charitable administration service provider. The administration covers operating tasks such as account administration and servicing, marketing, advertising and promotion, grant administration, application reviews and account setups.
VCSI also provides to donors, charities and others independent, fair and respectful research into Canadian registered charities to help them in evaluating and choosing their favoured charities. VCSI conducts comprehensive reviews of Canadian registered charities, all within a unique VScore program framework. It regularly publishes these in reports for select groups and the public.
Custodian
Deloitte provides audit & assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. Deloitte serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies through a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories bringing world-class capabilities, insights and service to address clients' most complex business challenges. Deloitte LLP is the Canadian member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, which is a network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity.
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