Scott Mackenzie is going to tear out his home office in the new year. The 26-year veteran of Morningstar Canada retired from his position as president and CEO on Wednesday, which is to say that he has something better in mind for the downstairs space — a composition studio.
“My initial university training was in music,” he told me on his last day at work. “I studied composition theory and composition. I have a bachelor’s degree, which I hope to take more advantage of now that I have a little more time.”
Canadians have benefited greatly from Mackenzie’s decision to choose a different profession, no matter their taste in music.
He was recruited to join Portfolio Analytics Limited in 1988 by the late Bill Waters, a professor of economics at the University of Toronto and the first academic dean of the Rotman School of Management’s Executive MBA program. In addition to his academic work, Waters had entrepreneurial interests.
Mackenzie was 26 at the time, with enough training in computer science to win an interest in the fledgling firm.
Kevin Press is editorial director for Advisor.ca and its sister publication, Investment Executive. Reach him at kevin@newcom.ca
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