Ira Gluskin is the Chief Investment Officer of Irager + Associates Inc., a family office, overseeing strategy and investments. Mr. Gluskin is the Co-Founder of Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc., one of Canada’s pre-eminent wealth management firms. He served as the firm’s President & Chief Investment Officer from June 30, 1984 until December 31, 2009 and as a Director and the firm’s ViceChairman through December 18, 2013. Prior to co-founding Gluskin Sheff, Mr. Gluskin had worked in the investment industry for 20 years. Mr. Gluskin currently also serves on the Board of European Residential Real Estate Trust. Mr. Gluskin is a well-known industry commentator and he currently is a member of the Advisory Board of Vision Capital Corporation, a member of the Advisory Board of Focus Asset Management and the University of Toronto’s Real Estate Advisory Committee. He is also on the University of Toronto’s Boundless Campaign Executive Committee, the Sinai Health System’s Board of Directors and Investment Committee, the Board of the Canadian Jewish News, The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Investment Committee, The Walrus Foundation, and Capitalize for Kids. Mr. Gluskin is the former Chair of the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation and the former Chair of the Investment Advisory Committee for the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto, and is currently a member of its Investment Committee as well as a former board member of Tricon and the National Theatre School of Canada. Mr. Gluskin received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto in 1964. In 2019, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2019 and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, from the University of Toronto in 2022.