Edward Waitzer was Chair of Stikeman Elliott LLP from 1999 to 2006 and a senior partner until his retirement in 2021. He remains affiliated with the firm and his practice continues to focus on complex business transactions and a range of public policy and governance matters.

He is Professor Emeritus, past Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance and was Director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law at Osgoode Hall and the Schulich School of Business at York University from 2008 until 2020.

Edward has served as Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission, the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and as Vice-President of The Toronto Stock Exchange.

He has written and spoken extensively on a variety of legal and public policy issues, chaired various committees and task forces addressing public policy issues and serves and has served on and chaired a number of corporations, foundations, community organizations, editorial boards and advisory groups.

He is a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and was an inaugural fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel.