Colin Lynch

Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments, TD Asset Management Inc.

Building Wealth as Black Businesses

Colin is Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investments, providing strategic guidance and oversight to a $39 billion portfolio of real estate, mortgage, private debt and infrastructure investments. In this role he oversees all acquisitions, divestitures, product development and portfolio management activities. Colin serves as Chair of the Alternative Investments Committee. He was previously responsible for the Canadian and International Real Estate strategies including fund design and structuring, implementation and oversight of acquired assets.

Colin joined TD Asset Management in October 2015, initially working with TD Asset Management’s senior executive team on corporate strategy. Colin was formerly the General Manager of Global Strategy at Aimia (formerly Groupe Aeroplan), a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company and an Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley. Colin’s work in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley involved, among other duties, advising Mark Carney (then Governor of the Bank of Canada) on Canada’s financial stability during the financial crisis.

Colin holds a B.A. and a B. Comm., both with Distinction from Queen’s University, an MBA with Distinction from Harvard University and an ARCT with Honours from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2020, Colin was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 a Trustee Emeritus of Queen’s University and a Recipient of the Queen’s University Toronto Branch Award.

He is also a member of the Toronto Investment Board as well as the Board of Directors of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the Black Opportunity Fund and the Advisory Committee of OneEleven. Colin is an Emeritus Trustee of Queen’s University. He was formerly Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

Black Opportunity Fund (BOF)

Black Opportunity Fund (BOF) is a community-led registered Canadian Charitable organization, that supports a  prosperous, healthy and thriving Black Canada by challenging anti-Black racism in two ways by:

  1. Responding to long-standing underinvestment in Black communities 
  2. Working nationally to strengthen collective actions by Black organizations and leaders, helping them to create new and more impactful ways to support and advocate for our community. 

 

BOF prioritizes initiatives around education and youth, health, women and gender, criminal justice, entrepreneurship, arts, culture and recreation, and food insecurity, that impact the quality of life in Black communities across Canada.  

Upcoming events to highlight:

  • BOF x ByBlacks National Restaurant Week: we are a lead sponsor for the ByBlacks National Restaurant Week, Spring edition 2024 which runs from May 20 to 26, 2024.  ByBlacks Restaurant Week (BRW) is a semi-annual national food festival. During this event, Black-owned Canadian restaurants, caterers, pop-ups, and food trucks offer a Prix Fixe (special) menu or a $10 special discounted by up to 25% for seven days. Join us in this week-long celebration of culinary diversity! There are a number of restaurants in Western Canada participating so check it out: https://byblacks.com/restaurantweek

 

  • BOF x DoorDash #BlackFoodEnergy grant program: BOF has confirmed funding for the #BlackFoodEnergy grant program for Black Restaurants across Canada for the next 4 years. #BlackFoodEnergy celebrates, amplifies and supports Black Chefs and Black-Owned restaurants and the amazing things they are serving up in neighborhoods across Canada. The funding commitment for the extended agreement will be announced in June 2024 along with the launch of the #BlackFoodEnergy grant

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