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TORONTO, May 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Cymbria Corporation
(TSX: CYB) ("Cymbria") announced today that it has appointed one
new member, Edward J. Waitzer, to
its Board of Directors ("the Board") effective immediately. The
appointment expands the Board to six, four of whom are independent
directors.
Edward J. Waitzer
Mr. Waitzer was Chair of Stikeman Elliott LLP from 1999 to 2006
and was 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 a Professor Emeritus and was the
Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance and 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. He served (1993-1996) as
Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission and (until 1981) as
Vice-President of The Toronto Stock Exchange. He has written and
spoken extensively on a variety of legal and public policy issues
and serves or has served as director of 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.
Recipient of 2018 Corporate Knights Award of Distinction. He earned
his LL.B. (1976) and LL.M. (1981) from the Faculty of Law,
University of Toronto. Called to the
Ontario (1978) and the
New York (1985) Bars.
"Ed brings a wealth of experience and an added perspective we
feel will only strengthen the Board further," says Patrick Farmer, Cymbria's Chairman.
ABOUT CYMBRIA
CORPORATION
Cymbria's investment objective
is to provide shareholders with long-term capital appreciation
through an actively managed portfolio comprised primarily of global
equities and an investment in EdgePoint Wealth Management Inc.
Cymbria began trading on the TSX
on November 4, 2008 under the symbol
CYB.
SOURCE Cymbria Corporation
