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David R. Kaufman, JD, CAIA

Co-Chief Executive Officer of Westcourt Capital
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David brings over 25 years of experience in the legal, real estate and investment fields to his role as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Westcourt Capital. He sits on Westcourt’s Executive and Investment Committees.

After graduating from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, in 1994 and completing his articles at Goodmans LLP, David held various leading positions in hospitality management, real estate development and private equity.

In 2009, he founded Westcourt Capital with the goal of building an advisory firm focused on alternative approaches to portfolio construction and the sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of investment funds for high net worth and institutional clients.

David is a thought leader in the alternative investment industry and often appears at industry conferences and events in the roles of keynote speaker, moderator or panelist. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Post and co-hosted BNN’s ‘Alternative Investing’ from 2010 to 2011. David was also a guest host for CBC’s ‘The Lang and O’Leary Exchange’ and its successor, ‘The Exchange’. He has been a member of two committees of the Ontario Securities Commission, providing insight into the areas of capital formation and investor protection in the private capital markets.

David is deeply committed to a number of philanthropic causes in support of children’s health and education, most notably Mount Sinai Hospital, SickKids, and Holy Blossom Temple.

David is the co-chair of the Common Investment Committee of Sinai Health and Sinai Health Foundation Board of Directors.

David is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charterholder, and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario.

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