Lea M. Hill

Mr. Lea M.
Hill is a Principal at Bloom Investment Counsel, Inc. Mr. Hill started his career in the capital markets at Wood Gundy Limited in 1973, when he joined the Fixed Income Credit Analysis Department.
In 1986, he moved from the Fixed Income Department to the Marketing Department, initially as a U.S.
Equities Specialist, but subsequently specializing in Canadian equities.
In 1993, the function of equity marketing to the Canadian retail sales force was spun out of the Marketing Department into a new department, the Equity Advisory Group.
He ran the Equity Advisory Group until it was merged with Private Client Investing at the time of the acquisition of the retail sales force of Merrill Lynch Canada in November, 2001.
From 2001 to 2011, he was CIBC Wood Gundy's Specialist for Closed-End Funds and Split Share Corporations.
In this position he analyzed both structure and governance of these investment vehicles and was the only full time closed-end fund specialist in Canada.
He retired from CIBC Wood Gundy in June 2011.
Mr. Hill holds his Bachelor of Business Management from Ryerson University.