BIO - LYNN BISCOTT

Throughout her career, she has been involved in designing and delivering training programs, and in writing on financial planning issues. She contributed her expertise to her work on the Panel of Examiners of the Financial Planners Standards Council from 2003 to 2009, serving as chairperson from 2007. Lynn has been a member of the evaluation panel for the Canadian Securities Institute's Chartered Professional Strategic Wealth designation program since its inception in 2006.

Lynn holds an M.Ed. in Adult Education from the University of Toronto, as well as the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Registered Financial Planner (R.F.P.) designations. She is a member of the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFPs), the Institute of Advanced Financial Planners (IAFP), the Retirement Planning Association of Canada (RPAC), and the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC).

She has spoken to many groups about financial planning issues, including Advocis, the Retirement Planning Association of Canada (RPAC), Freedom 55 Financial, National Bank Financial, CIBC, the Ontario Association of Credit Counselling Services, and the former Ontario Association of Financial Planners (OAFP). She has also appeared on CBC, Global TV, City TV, Life Network, TVO, MOJO Radio, and CFNY.