meet the team

Each investment professional at Lincluden embraces the principles that embody our value-based philosophy to managing client assets. We invest with a long-term focus, we conduct our own independent research and we maintain an absolute price discipline when purchasing and selling securities for our clients.

Name Title/Responsibility Years of Experience
Philip R. Evans President and CEO 31
Richard Y.C. Wong Vice President 18
Lynn Eplett Vice President 30
Peter C. Chin Vice President 25
James D. Lampard Vice President 33
Gary J. Stewart Vice President 29
Brian Brownlee Vice President 35
Wayne J. A. Wilson Vice President 23
Todd Parsons Vice President 15
Philip R. Evans President and CEO
Philip R. Evans BA (Economics) Harvard University (1981)

Mr. Evans is President and CEO of Lincluden and has over thirty years of investment industry experience. Before joining Lincluden he was Executive Vice-President at Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd. and prior, Chief Operating Officer of Altamira Management Ltd. Mr. Evans earned his degree in Economics from Harvard University. Mr. Evans is active in community and business organizations and is a member of the Pension Investment Advisory Committee of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Mr. Evans also served as a Past Chair of the Toronto Board of Trade and its Governance and Pension Committees, Investment Management Consultants Association of Canada, the Childrens Aid Foundation and its Investment Committee, and as President of the Harvard Club of Toronto.

Richard Y.C. Wong Vice President
Richard  Y.C. Wong Chartered Financial Analyst (1997)
BCOMM, University of British Columbia (1994)

Mr. Wong is a member of the equity team, currently having research and portfolio management responsibilities for Information Technology, Telecommunications and Health Care sectors globally. Mr. Wong started his capital markets career at TD Securities where he advised corporate clients on interest rate and foreign exchange risk management. He joined Lincluden as an analyst. During his tenure at the firm, he has researched companies and conducted valuation work in a variety of industries on a global basis. He was appointed Vice President in 2003. Mr. Wong is an alumnus of the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation, where he had legal responsibility in managing an endowment plan as an undergraduate student.

Lynn Eplett Vice President
Lynn Eplett Chartered Financial Analyst (1987)
MBA, York University (1982)
BA, University of Toronto (1980)

Ms. Eplett's current responsibilities include operations, compliance and client servicing. She joined Lincluden to assume responsibility for Marketing, Business Development and Client Servicing. Prior to joining Lincluden she served as an Assistant Vice President with a major counseling firm, having had responsibilities in the areas of U.S. equity research, investment counseling to individual investors and institutional marketing and servicing, during a nine year tenure.
Peter C. Chin Vice President
Peter C. Chin Chartered Financial Analyst (1990)
MBA, University of Western Ontario (1987)
BA (Economics), York University (1981)

Mr. Chin began his value investing career in 1987 at Confederation Life as an investment analyst, and was appointed a portfolio manager in 1990. More recently, he was Director of Research and Lead Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equities at Connor Clark & Company, where he spent seven years of his career. Peter's background also includes positions of Investment Analyst and Director, Corporate Finance & Investment Banking with two major securities firms. His experience as a value investor includes researching domestic and international stocks across the capitalization spectrum. Peter is a member of the equity team at Lincluden. He has Canadian and Foreign equity research and portfolio management responsibilities for the Energy and Materials sectors.
James D. Lampard Vice President
James D. Lampard Chartered Financial Analyst (1990)
MBA, York University (1981)
Chartered Accountant (1978)
BBA, York University (1976)

Mr. Lampard started his career as a value investor at OMERS in 1987 as a senior equity analyst. He became a portfolio manager in 1989. That was followed by a portfolio management role at Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board. Prior to joining Lincluden, Jim was a Vice-President and Partner at Beutel Goodman where he was a portfolio manager and member of the Canadian equity team. His background includes managing both Canadian and non-domestic equity portfolios across the capitalization range. Jims previous work experience includes accounting and banking. At Lincluden, he has Canadian and foreign equity research and portfolio management responsibilities for Financials and the Consumer Discretionary sectors. He also serves as a co-chair of the Asset Mix Committee.

Gary J. Stewart Vice President
Gary J. Stewart Chartered Financial Analyst (1987)
MBA, York University (1983)
BA, University of Western Ontario (1981)

Mr. Stewart joined Lincluden as a fixed income portfolio manager. Prior to joining Lincluden he held the position of Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, North American Fixed Income at MFC Global Investment Management. In that role he had responsibility for the management of C$20 billion of Canadian and U.S. fixed income investments for a variety of Canadian and U.S.-based corporate, institutional and mutual fund clients. Mr. Stewart has over 29 years of investment experience including senior positions in fixed income management with ING Investment Management in both Canada and the United States.
Brian Brownlee Vice President
Brian Brownlee Chartered Financial Analyst (1980)
MBA, Queens University (1977)
BCOMM, Queens University (1975)

Mr. Brownlee joined Lincluden as a member of the equity team. He joined Lincluden from Beutel Goodman & Company where he was Vice President, Global Equities. Brian launched an EAFE product for institutional clients in 1991 and became the lead portfolio manager for US equities in 2002 while at Beutel. From 1982 to 1991 he was Foreign Equity Portfolio Manager at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Pension Fund. Brian was an innovator of international investing in Canada, successfully diversifying the CBC foreign equity portfolio into overseas (non-North American) equity markets. At Lincluden, he has Canadian and Foreign equity research and portfolio management responsibilities for the Industrials and Consumer Staples sectors.

Wayne J. A. Wilson Vice President
Wayne J. A. Wilson HBA (Economics), York University (1987)
MBA, University of Ottawa (1989)


Mr. Wilson joined Lincluden Investment as Vice President in 2007, bringing 18 years of extensive investment industry experience to the firm. Mr. Wilson was previously Vice President of institutional product management and client service at a Global Investment Company. Prior to that Mr. Wilson was Vice President of a leading full service national asset consulting firm assisting large Corporate and Not for Profit Investors with a complete range of governance needs for their Pension and Endowment plans. Mr. Wilson's responsibilities at Lincluden include Product Development, Relationship Management and Institutional and Private Client distribution.

Todd Parsons Vice President
Todd Parsons Chartered Financial Analyst (2000)
HBA, Brock University (1994)

Mr. Parsons joined Lincluden as Vice President, Fixed Income. Prior to joining Lincluden, he was a senior member of MFC Global Investment Managements' Canadian Total Return team. Mr. Parsons was responsible for actively managed fixed income assets with a focus on corporate debt for a variety of Canadian institutional and mutual fund clients. Previously, he managed U.S. Fixed Income assets as a member of MFC Global's U.S. Total Return Team. Mr. Parsons has over 15 years investment experience.