Ed Skwarek

LLB (Windsor), LLM (LSE), Law Society of Ontario

Ed Skwarek is Vice President, Legal & Regulatory Affairs with Advocis. He oversees the development of comprehensive policy positions in the interest of advisors and consumers, and directs the implementation of Advocis’s responses to regulatory and legislative proposals. He was formerly Senior Legal Counsel with the B.C. Securities Commission.

Mr. Skwarek is a member of the Financial Services Tribunal, an independent, decision-making body that hears appeals from decision and reviews proposed decisions of the Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Regulatory Authority. He also acts in a Act in a consultative capacity to the Board of Directors, Financial Services Regulatory Authority.

Mr. Skwarek is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he teaches the Securities Regulation course.