Stephen served as an investment banker for over 30 years in Canada and abroad and was Managing Director, Industry Head — Real Estate in Scotiabank’s Global Banking and Markets division, representing the bank’s capital markets activities in the Canadian real estate industry.

Since the early 1990s, Stephen specialized in the Canadian real estate sector, providing investment banking advice to numerous public entities with respect to capital markets activities. He has been directly involved in raising equity and debt capital in a large number of transactions and has provided financial advice in numerous large transactions including mergers, takeovers and related party transactions.

He is a trustee of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust and a director of Sienna Senior Living Inc., serving as chair of the Audit Committee of the boards for both entities.

Mr. Sender has been a moderator/speaker at conferences in Canada focusing on capital markets developments in the real estate sector for many years.

Mr. Sender holds a B.Comm. (Honours) degree from the University of Cape Town and qualified as a C.A. (S.A.) in 1984.