Raj Kothari

Raj Kothari was a Partner and Vice Chair of PwC Canada and served as Managing Partner for Greater Toronto at PwC until December 31, 2017 and was a member of PwC Canada’s Extended Leadership Team until June 30, 2018. He also served as the National Asset and Wealth Management Leader, Global Transformation Leader for Asset and Wealth Management Assurance Practice and as founding board member of PwC’s Global Service Delivery Centre in India.

Raj’s professional and business experience, over 40 years, spans Canada, UK and India in the areas of business operations, business assurance and advisory services, transaction support, valuation of Asset Management Companies and advisory services to small and large clients in a variety of businesses. In Canada, he specialized in advising clients in the asset management and fund industry, specializing in: mutual funds, pooled funds, hedge funds, structured products, venture capital funds, investment management companies, service providers and special purpose investment vehicles. His experience also includes banking, insurance, trading and manufacturing businesses.

Raj graduated from the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School and obtained an MBA from CASS Business School at the City University of London. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant in both Canada and the UK. Raj has also completed the Directors’ Certification Program at Harvard Business School.

Raj currently serves on the board of IMCO (Investment Management Corporation of Ontario) a $90 billion pension plan and is Chair of its Finance and Audit Committee .Raj served until recently on boards of Jarislowsky Fraser, MD Growth Fund etal. Raj has served on boards of numerous charities including as Chair of Stratford Festival Endownment ,Chair of the Board of UHN Foundation, President of Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce, SoulPepper Theatre ,the Ontario Arts Foundation, UWC Pearson College of the Pacific and the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.