John Hamilton Watson

Fairbank Investment Management Ltd. (FIM) is an independent Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Thornhill. The firm was founded in 2009 by John and Josie Watson. FIM provides discretionary investment management services to high-net worth individuals, charitable foundations, trusts, and smaller public and private corporations.

Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd. (Sprucegrove) is an independent, Canadian investment management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1993 by three individuals (Peter Clark, Ian Fyfe and John Watson), who had worked together for 15 years in investment operations at Confederation Life Insurance Co. (Confed). Sprucegrove provides discretionary advisory services to private investment funds and to separately managed accounts, which includes in the capacity as sub-adviser to third party funds.