Ian Pember

Ian Pember, CPA, CA – CEO Glen Williams Consulting.  Ian is a seasoned financial executive with almost 40 years experience at senior levels in international investment management and banking. Since 2018 Ian has been providing compliance consulting services to a range of existing asset managers and new registrants, including compliance manuals and preparation and review of client facing documents. 

Previously Ian was Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice-President Administration and Compliance with Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., where over 15 years the firm grew from $100 million to over $2 billion in AUM in a combination of hedge and long only pooled funds and separately managed accounts.  As COO he managed all operational, compliance, finance and corporate governance activities for the company.  This included managing Hillsdale's regulatory relationships with the SEC as well as Canadian regulators.  Ian was also co-chair of the Legal and Finance Committee of AIMA Canada from 2006 to 2017, representing the hedge fund industry in Canada to regulators and government. He was a member of the OSC Registrant Advisory Committee for its initial two-year term. Prior to Hillsdale Ian was Vice-President Planning & Analysis at CIBC, responsible for management reporting and planning for the Personal & Commercial Bank and for all of CIBC. This followed nine years as Vice-President Financial Control with Citibank Canada.