Gordon Cheesbrough

Gordon Franklin Cheesbrough
Born	1952
Died	23 June 2010 Toronto General Hospital
Cause of death	Lymphoma
Citizenship	Canadian
Known for	Entrepreneurial work
Board member of	North York General Hospital

Gordon Franklin Cheesbrough was a Canadian businessman.^[1][2]

Business career

At age 38, he was named President and CEO of investment firm Scotia Mcleod and then Chairman and CEO of the successor organization, Scotia Capital Markets. His responsibilities in the latter position included supervision of all the global activities of the firm.

In 1998, Cheesbrough became President and CEO of Altamira Investment Services, one of Canada's largest independent mutual fund firms at the time. He later oversaw the restructuring and eventual sale of the company to the National Bank of Canada.

In 2002, Cheesbrough co-founded investment firm Blair Franklin Capital Partners with partner Steven Sharpe.

In 2007, Blair Franklin was selected by the Waters family to seek a buyer for their controlling interest in media company Chum Limited. On June 28, 2007, the two competing firms, Astral and Bell Globemedia delivered their final proposals, with Bell Globemedia prevailing with a bid totaling $1.7-billion.

Chessbrough was also Deputy Chairman of Alterra Capital Holdings, headquartered in Bermuda.

Charity & Board of Director Positions

Cheesbrough was a Director of the Canadian National Stock Exchange (CNSX Markets Inc.). He also served on the Dean's Advisory Board of the University of Toronto. Cheesbrough recently retired from the Board of Governors of the North York General Hospital,^[3] after completing more than ten years of board contribution, the last five as Chair. Previously he was a member of the boards at Upper Canada College, Canadian Tire Corporation,^[4] and the Toronto Community Foundation.^[5]

Death

Gordon Cheesbrough died at Toronto General Hospital after a short battle with lymphoma on June 23, 2010.

References

1. ^ "globeandmail.com: GORDON FRANKLIN CHEESBROUGH 1952-2010 Peacefully on Wednesday". The Globe and Mail. 28 June 2010. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20100628.93235727/BDAStory/BDA/deaths. Retrieved 2 July 2010. 
2. ^ Lisa Queen (24 June 2010). "Obituary: Gordon Cheesbrough, 57". InsideToronto. http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/838612--obituary-gordon-cheesbrough-57. Retrieved 2 July 2010. 
3. ^ "North York General Hospital Board of Governors". North York General Hospital. http://www.nygh.on.ca/about_us/board.html. Retrieved 2 July 2010. 
4. ^ "Economic Advisory Panel Member Biographies". NewsRoom Ontario. 16 December 2008. http://news.ontario.ca/mof/en/2008/12/economic-advisory-panel-member-biographies.html. Retrieved 2 July 2010. 
5. ^ Andrew Willis (29 June 2010). "Bay Street’s Gordon Cheesbrough: ‘Imbued with leadership qualities’". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bay-streets-gordon-cheesbrough-imbued-with-leadership-qualities/article1623457/. Retrieved 2 July 2010. 

External links

• Investing Lessons From Six Legends
• Blair Franklin Capital website
• A Media Family's Tough Decision. Theresa Tedesco National Post article

Persondata
Name	Cheesbrough, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian businessman
Date of birth	1952
Place of birth
Date of death	23 June 2010
Place of death	Toronto General Hospital