David Levi

David Levi is President and CEO of Matrix Asset Management, a manager of $2.4 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 $500 million in assets under management.  GrowthWorks was the first venture capital fund signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN-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 is a director of 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.