Charles R. Sims, FCA was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Mackenzie Inc. and Mackenzie Financial Corporation in March 2005 and Co-President and Chief Executive Officer of IGM Financial Inc. in May 2005.

A Toronto native, Mr. Sims started his career in 1984 with Coopers and Lybrand. He joined Franklin Templeton’s Canadian operations in 1989, and over the next eight years held a variety of leadership positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Head of Sales and Marketing. In 1997 he moved to the company's international head office in San Mateo, California, where he assumed the role of Vice-President, Finance of the parent company Franklin Resources, Inc., and then Chief Administrative Officer, Global Distribution from 2002 to 2005. In addition to finance, sales and marketing, he has extensive experience in operations, product development and strategy in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia and was responsible for establishing the firm’s investment business in China.

Mr. Sims is active in the Canadian fund industry. He was a member of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) Board of Directors from 1993 to 1996. Since October 2010, he is serving as IFIC’s Chairperson. He is also a member of the Leadership Council of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance. He has also served on the Board of Directors of FundSERV Inc.

He is a director of Mackenzie Financial Corporation, Mackenzie Inc., IGM Financial Inc., and Putnam Investments.

Mr. Sims serves on the Foundation Board of Holland Bloorview Hospital and Upper Canada College Foundation Board of Trustees.

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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