Mark S. Bonham
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
1959 -
Occupation
Business, Activist
Description
Investment manager. Philanthropist, Activist. Benefactor and Member of Advisory Board, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto. Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Value Corporation (Mutual funds, 1996-2002). Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BPI Financial Corporation (mutual funds, 1985-1995). President, Stoney Ridge Estate Winery (2003-2008). Former Board Member and President, Toronto Botanical Gardens. Advisory Board Member, Toronto Inside Out LGBTQ Film Festival. Member, Casey House Hospice Capital Campaign. Co-Chair, Egale Centre Capital Campaign (LGBTQ homeless youth shelter). Patron, Bonham Centre for Finance, Rotman Business School, University of Toronto, and several Chairs in Finance and Bonham Scholarship. Inaugural recipient, Alumni of Influence Award, University of Toronto. Ontario Sports Award, Cycling, 2002 and 2003. Arbor Award for Outstanding Voluntary Service, University of Toronto. President, The Mark S. Bonham Charitable Foundation. Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto. Co-founder and Board Member, The Canadian Business History Association. Contributing Author (Financial Companies), Canadian Encyclopedia. Author of the books 'Champions: Biographies of Global LGBTQ Pioneers' (2014), 'Notables: 101 Global LGBTQ People Who Changed the World' (2015), and 'A Path to Diversity: LGBTQ Participation in the Working World' (2017). Named to the 2017 OUTstanding-Financial Times’ Leading LGBT Global Business Executives List. Recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
See Also
- LGBTQ Chief Executive Officers of Business Enterprises
- Academics Specializing in the History of the LGBTQ Community
- LGBTQ Founders and Executives with Charitable Foundations
- LGBTQ Economists
- Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ
- Community Experts on LGBTQ Housing and Ageing Issues
- Botany, Horticulture and LGBTQ Gardeners
- Prominent LGBTQ Philanthropists and Donors
- LGBTQ Venture Capitalists and Startup Advisors
- Investment and Wealth Management and the LGBTQ Community
- The LGBTQ Presence in the Wine and Spirits Industry