HUGH L. INNES, HONS.BA
Workshop Chair
Hugh has worked in the fields of investment consulting and investment management for over twenty-five years, since graduating from the University of
Trinity College in 1976. He has worked with a broad rang of clients, including pension funds, unions, foundations and endowments and taxable individuals. He began his career in investment consulting working with some of Canada’s leading pension plan sponsors. This involved assessing the investment performance of the industry and individual corporate, multi-employer, union or government plans.
In 1983, he joined an investment management firm that was a pioneer in Canada in the use of option strategies in institutional portfolio management as a risk reduction strategy. During this time he worked with some of Canada’s largest corporations and unions.
Since that time he has worked with both investment management firms and investment consulting firms providing advice to clients on performance evaluation, investment policy development and asset allocation. When providing independent consulting advice he also assisted clients in the selection of appropriate investment managers.
In 2002, he joined York Hedge Fund Strategies as a Partner, with a focus on
marketing alternative investment products to money managers, institutional and high-net-worth clientele.
He is also busy as a volunteer, chairing two Investment Committees and sitting on two Boards of Trustees at the University of Trinity College and the Upper Canada College Foundation.