David Levi is President and CEO of Matrix Asset Management, a manager of $3 billion of Venture capital, retail mutual funds and pension fund assets. Matrix subsidiary, GrowthWorks Capital, is Canada’s leading national venture capital manager with over $700 million in assets under management. GrowthWorks was the first venture capital fund signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens on all its investments. 

Canada’s first ethically-screened mutual fund, the Ethical Growth Fund, was founded by David, as well as Canada’s first ethically-screened index fund. David is a former Chair and a long serving director of Vancity Credit Union. David has provided strategic direction to many companies and currently serves on the boards of Avcorp Industries and until recently Xantrex a leading supplier to solar and wind companies. He also chairs Verité, an independent, non-profit social auditing and research organization. David is a founding director of the non-profit organization SHARE, which advocates for responsible investment. He is also the President of the Columbia Foundation and a founding director of the Columbia Institute, which operates the Centre for Civic Governance, working with civic politicians on sustainability issues.

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