Robert Popazzi
Vice-President, Retail Distribution
Empire Life
Rob is an accomplished and innovative sales executive with a strong distribution practices and sales coaching background. Starting over 30 years ago as an advisor, he has held progressively senior sales management and development roles with one of Canada’s big three life insurance carriers. Recently he has led large-scale insurance distribution transformation projects in the US and Europe as Principal and Managing Partner of a private consulting firm.
David Mann
Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Equities
Empire Life Investments
David joined Empire Life Investments Inc. in 2019. David is the lead manager of the Empire Life International Equity GIF, manager of the Empire Life Global Dividend Growth GIF, and co-manager of the Empire Life Global Sustainable Equity GIF, Empire Life Global Equity GIF and Empire Life Global Smaller Companies GIF.
Rob Taylor
SVP & Chief Investment Officer
Canoe Financial
Rob Taylor is an award-winning portfolio manager whose investment career spans more than three decades. Since joining Canoe in 2013, he has been lead manager of Canoe EIT Income, Canoe Equity Portfolio Class, Canoe Asset Allocation Portfolio Class and Canoe North American Income Portfolio Class, currently over $5 billion in AUM. Previously, Rob was Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equities at BMO Global Asset Management where he managed more than $4 billion in assets in Canadian equity, asset allocation and resource funds. He was also lead equity manager of the firm’s large cap pension business and an integral member of the asset mix committee.