Gary Brent brings over 30 years of experience in
the Financial Services Sector. As Chairman of the
HighView Financial Group, he focuses his
attention and experience on several key areas:
Business Strategy for both the HighView
Financial Group business as well as on behalf
of our clients
Business Governance for both the HighView
Financial Group and, where required, for our
clients
Attracting, retaining and servicing key
clients
Attracting, retaining and motivating key
professional staff
His extensive experience, within the financial
services sector, and particularly the asset
management sector, equips him to serve the
strategic needs of HighView Financial Group and
its clients, especially as pertains to business
strategy, business governance and in the design
of asset management programs.
Prior to co-founding HighView Financial Group,
Gary was Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of
RBC Global Private Banking which included all the
groups servicing the discretionary needs of RBC's
global high-net-worth client base. This included
the Domestic Private Bank, the International
Private Bank, Royal Trust and RBC Private
Counsel. He also held the position of President
and CEO of RBC Private Counsel.
Before joining RBC, he held the position of
President and Chief Executive Officer of CT
Investment Management Group, since its inception
until Canada Trust's sale to TD Financial Group
in 2000. CT Investment Management Group was the
wealth management division of Canada Trust and
included the mutual fund group, the trust
business, the investment counsel business and the
investment management area. Canada Trust was one
of the first investment management groups to
embrace the concept of open architecture to bring
a broader set of global and specialty investment
solutions to all segments of its client base,
from affluent Canadians, through their mutual
fund business, to and including Trust clients and
High Net Worth Canadians through the Trust
Company and Private Investment Counsel.
Gary developed his investment counseling skills
during his years with TAL Private Management, the
private client division of TAL Global Asset
Management. As a founding partner of TAL Private
Management, he was managing partner of the
Toronto office, investment counselor, Vice-
Chairman as well as President and CEO. Gary moved
to Canada Trust when TAL was sold to CIBC.
Gary developed his passion for the investment
management business with Burns Fry Investment
Management, the discretionary management arm of
Burns Fry. He also spent several years with
Midland Doherty in both the investment management
and marketing groups.
As well as his responsibilities with HighView
Financial, Gary is very active in the private
capital sector with direct investments as well as
through private syndicates. His current
investment portfolio includes private companies
in the following industries:
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Asset Management
Technology
Entertainment
Gary and his syndicate partners are actively
involved with each and every investment lending
their experience and expertise to all aspects of
the business from governance, at the Board level,
to assisting in the capital formation as well as,
but not limited to, operational and business
development efforts.
In addition to his Chairmanship of HighView
Financial Group, Gary is also actively involved
with the following organizations:
Chairman, Breyer Industries and Breyer Casting Technologies
Member, Advisory Board and Affiliate Partner, Northrock Capital
