Ted Cadsby

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Ted Cadsby
Born	Toronto
Alma mater	Queen’s University (BAH philosophy, 1988); Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario (MBA, 1991)
Occupation	author, speaker, corporate director, business advisor
Notable work	Closing the Mind Gap, The Power of Index Funds, The 10 Biggest Investment Mistakes Canadians Make and How to Avoid Them

Ted Cadsby is a best-selling author, speaker, corporate director and advisor to organizations and executives.

As executive vice president of CIBC Retail Distribution,^[1] he led 18,000 employees in Canada and internationally.^{[citation needed]} He also ran a number of CIBC's wealth management businesses as president and CEO of CIBC Securities Inc., chairman of CIBC Trust Corp., and chairman of CIBC Private Investment Counsel Inc.^{[citation needed]}

Cadsby's writing and speaking initially focused on topics related to behavioral economics but then broadened to the pitfalls of human thinking and the struggle humans endure as a result. He has given speeches on decision-making, team effectiveness, and leadership and has been interviewed by the national media including CBC, CTV, The Globe and Mail and The National Post.^[2][3]

Cadsby is or has been a corporate director on several boards, including Meridian Credit Union, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation (CAMH), Resmor Trust, Queen's University Council, Canadian Scholarship Trust Consultants and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada.^[4] He is an external business advisor and advisory council member at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University.^[5][6]

Cadsby is the son of Canadian poet Heather Cadsby.^[7]

Education and career[]

Cadsby graduated as the medalist in philosophy from Queen's University.^{[citation needed]} After completing the management training program at The Royal Bank of Canada he did his MBA at the Ivey Business School at Western University. Hired at CIBC as an analyst, he earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and moved up the organization, shifting from finance to marketing and strategy, prompting the National Post to tout him as “Canada's index fund investment guru”.^{[8][better source needed]} He managed a number of domestic and offshore wealth management businesses before becoming head of distribution for the bank's retail businesses.^{[citation needed]}

Cadsby, accredited with the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, has been a director on both for profit and not-for-profit boards and chaired a number of board committees. As president of TRC Advisory Inc., he provides strategic consultation to executives and organizations, with a focus on group decision making and leadership, centered around his concept of “Leader as Chief Conversation Facilitator.”^[9]

Cadsby's first forays as an author were with books on investing and index funds, which garnered praise from experts such as John C. Bogle and Gordon Pape.^[10] Cadsby's third publication was Closing the Mind Gap: Making Smarter Decisions in a Hypercomplex World, touted by Amanda Lang,^[11] Roger Martin, Philip E. Tetlock, Gary A. Klein,^[12] and Don Tapscott, who wrote the book's foreword.

Publications[]

Books[]

• The 10 Biggest Investment Mistakes Canadians Make and How to Avoid Them. Stoddart Publishing. 2000. ISBN 978-0-773762-48-0.
• The Power of Index Funds. Stoddart Publishing. 2001. ISBN 978-0-773761-77-3. (revised edition)
• Closing the Mind Gap: Making Smarter Decisions in a Hypercomplex World. BPS Books. 2014. ISBN 978-1-927483-78-7. with foreword by Don Tapscott
• Hard to Be Human: Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws. Dundurn Press. 2021. ISBN 978-1-459748-84-2. (forthcoming)

Articles[]

Covering wide-ranging topics, Cadsby has published articles in The Globe and Mail, Harvard Business Review, Rotman Management Magazine, Huffington Post, The Toronto Star and others. He has weighed in on subjects including Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Hillary Clinton's US presidential bid, decision-making and atheism vs. Agnosticism.

References[]

External links[]

• Official web site