Garrett Herman

Garrett Herman joined LOM Limited in 1990, following an extensive career with Merrill Lynch Canada. While at Merrill, he held a number of progressive positions including Manager of Institutional Equity and Research, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Head of Private Client Division, as well as Member of the Board of Directors. He served as a Senior Vice President and Director for the Equity Division at Merrill, responsible for all Institutional Sales and Trading, Research, Syndication and Capital Commitment.

 

Garrett was a member of the Consular Corps of Ontario. He is also a past President of the Canada Sri Lanka Business Council and is a past Honorary Consul for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

 

Garrett was Chairman of the Annual LOM Gala and Auction to benefit the” Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada”, an event started in 1994 (15 years). He was a Director-at-Large of the” Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada” and a Director of the “MS Scientific Research Foundation”.

 

Garrett also holds positions as Chairman of the "Galapagos Conservancy Canada" formerly called “Charles Darwin Foundation of Canada."

 

He holds memberships at The Grolier Club - New York, The Association Internationale de Bibliophilies - Paris, The Mount Royal Club - Montreal and The National Club - Toronto. Garrett has a B.A. from Concordia University , is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute ( F.C.S.I.) and has a Honourary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from the University of Edinburgh, Honourary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Concordia and Honourary Director of MS Society of Canada.