Appointee Biographies

KEVIN COLLINS

Kevin has a long-standing history working with children with disabilities and Easter Seals Ontario. He was born with Cerebral Palsy and uses a walker for mobility. He was the Easter Seals Provincial ambassador “Timmy” in 1976. Kevin had the opportunity to attend the Blue Mountain Easter Seals camp in Collingwood for eight summers as a kid. Kevin originally joined The Easter Seal Society in 1991, where he worked as a Manager of Corporate and Special Events. Kevin is a graduate of Georgian College where he majored in Tourism Management & Marketing. Kevin joined Friends of We Care in 1999 as their Executive Director maintaining his involvement with Easter Seals, by raising funds at special events through the foodservice & hospitality industry. Kevin is the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals and was awarded the Premier’s Award for Community Services through Georgian College.

ARNOLD HOCHMAN

Mr. Hochman is a senior business lawyer with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently Vice-President, Policy & General Counsel at the Investment Funds Institute of Canada. He previously held the positions of Vice-President, Wealth Legal at TD Bank Group, where he led the global wealth legal team for 14 years, General Counsel and Executive Director, Finance at Global Strategy Financial, and Deputy Director, Corporate Finance Branch, at the Ontario Securities Commission. Prior to holding those positions Mr. Hochman was an investment banker at Prudential-Bache Securities Canada and Richardson Greenshields of Canada.