Founded in 1970 as Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon & Company, LOM was the first independent research-based institutional equity firm in Canada. By combining objective research, value-added financing ideas with institutional sales, trading and investment banking, LOM inaugurated a new era in the investment industry. Today, LOM continues this tradition of independence and excellence by focusing exclusively on institutional investors around the globe for small and mid-capitalization companies.


At LOM we conduct ourselves and our business according to our "Enduring Values":
 

 Client Focused

  • LOM is dedicated to helping our clients reach their financial and strategic objectives.

  • We deliver value through long-term relationships and a deep knowledge of our client companies and institutional investors.

  • Solutions are customized through the right mix of Research, Sales/Trading and Corporate Finance services.

  • LOM's sector expertise and in-depth knowledge of specific companies enables us to effectively advise and assist with financings, new issue transactions, as well as acquisitions and alliances.

  • For high potential, emerging companies and their investors, one size solutions do not fit all.

 Research driven

  • A compelling story and tangible potential is where our relationship with a company starts.

  • Our commitment is to provide timely, best in class North American research in our sectors of expertise.

  • Continuous coverage helps build the deep knowledge that enables LOM to support and advise our clients, on an ongoing basis.

 Independence

  • Employee ownership, managerial and operational control guides actions and decisions oriented to the highest caliber of outcomes.

  • A lean, horizontal organization makes us nimble in our response to client needs.

 Respected Professionals

  • LOM’s team strives to maintain and elevate our high standard of industry expertise and direct industry experience

  • Responsiveness and service are the foundation of relationships with all of our strategic partners - corporations, institutions and our industry colleagues.

  • We value the trust and respect of our clients above all.

 Track Record of Results

  • Our real time pulse on the capital markets plus cumulative market and sector intelligence, positions us to optimize valuation recommendations, distribution and trading opportunities for our clients.

  • Our primary value proposition is ideas. This team’s intellectual capital is unique to LOM.


Directors of LOM Limited

 Garrett Herman

Garrett Herman
Chairman and CEO

 Garrett joined LOM in 1990, following an extensive career with Merrill Lynch Canada. While at Merrill, he held a number of progressive positions including Manager of Institutional Equity and Research, Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer, as well as Member of the Board of Directors. He served as a Senior Vice President and Director for the Equity Division at Merrill. responsible for all Institutional Sales and Trading, Research, Syndication and Capital Commitment. Garrett was a member of the Consular Corps of Ontario. He is also a past President of the Canadian Sri Lanka Business Council and is the immediate past Honorary Consul for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Together with Jacques Lamarre of SNC Lavalin, Garrett co-chaired the ad-hoc committee on Private Public Partnership in Infrastructure, sponsored by Industry Canada. He also co-chaired the PPI conference entitled "Winning in Global Infrastructure Markets", sponsored by Industry Canada. He is a Corporate Director of Gedex Inc. Garrett was Chairman of the Annual LOM Gala and Auction to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, an event started in 1994 (15 years). He is a Director-at-Large of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and a Director of the MS Scientific Research Foundation. Garrett also holds positions as Chairman of the Charles Darwin Foundation of Canada and a Director of Grapes for Humanity.

 Paul J. DesLauriers

Paul J. DesLauriers
Executive Vice- President and Director

Paul has been active in the Canadian investment industry since 1962 in research, institutional coverage, and corporate finance in Toronto and Montreal. He is also a founding partner of LOM Limited which was formed in 1970. In 1984 he was a founder and initial funder of the CMP Group. In 1986 he was a founder and personal funder of the Lakewood Capital Group. In addition, he is a past Director and Officer of the Montreal Society of Financial Analysts as well as a past Chairman of the Canadian Securities Institute. Paul has also served as Vice Chairman and Governor of the Montreal Exchange

 Patrick Gay

Patrick Gay
Vice Chairman

Patrick joined LOM in 1974 and over the past three and a half decades has developed a close working relationship with many leading European institutions, enabling LOM to achieve one of the largest market shares among investment firms trading Canadian equities. Patrick became Senior Vice-President and Director in charge of LOM’s European operations in 1986 and Vice-Chairman of LOM Inc. in May, 1990. Before joining LOM, Patrick worked with two major industrial companies over a six-year period and spent two years as Assistant Manager in the Paris office of a Canadian investment dealer.
He graduated from business school in Paris in 1967 with a special degree in international trade and economic affairs.
Although LOM closed its Paris office in 2002, Patrick remains Vice Chairman and Director of LOM Bancorp Limited and a Director of LOM Limited.

 Botho von Bose

Botho von Bose
 

Botho is one of nine professionals in the sales and trading team at Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited. Botho joined LOM in early 1973 in Montreal where he had been a partner with an old Montreal firm in charge of institutional sales. From 1975 -1983 he worked out of the company's Geneva office, building the European business in the UK, Switzerland, Germany and Holland. He became president of LOM SA in 1977. After his return to Canada he settled in Toronto and continued his European coverage as well as taking on domestic and US responsibilities. In recent years he specialized in the mining sector. Botho now leads the institutional sales mining team.


LOM Bancorp Board of Directors

 Garrett Herman

Garrett Herman
Chairman and CEO

 Garrett joined LOM in 1990, following an extensive career with Merrill Lynch Canada. While at Merrill, he held a number of progressive positions including Manager of Institutional Equity and Research, Executive Vice President, and Chief Administrative Officer, as well as Member of the Board of Directors. He served as a Senior Vice President and Director for the Equity Division at Merrill. responsible for all Institutional Sales and Trading, Research, Syndication and Capital Commitment. Garrett was a member of the Consular Corps of Ontario. He is also a past President of the Canadian Sri Lanka Business Council and is the immediate past Honorary Consul for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Together with Jacques Lamarre of SNC Lavalin, Garrett co-chaired the ad-hoc committee on Private Public Partnership in Infrastructure, sponsored by Industry Canada. He also co-chaired the PPI conference entitled "Winning in Global Infrastructure Markets", sponsored by Industry Canada. He is a Corporate Director of Gedex Inc. Garrett was Chairman of the Annual LOM Gala and Auction to benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, an event started in 1994 (15 years). He is a Director-at-Large of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and a Director of the MS Scientific Research Foundation. Garrett also holds positions as Chairman of the Charles Darwin Foundation of Canada and a Director of Grapes for Humanity.

 Paul J. DesLauriers

Paul J. DesLauriers
Executive Vice- President and Director

Paul has been active in the Canadian investment industry since 1962 in research, institutional coverage, and corporate finance in Toronto and Montreal. He is also a founding partner of LOM Limited which was formed in 1970. In 1984 he was a founder and initial funder of the CMP Group. In 1986 he was a founder and personal funder of the Lakewood Capital Group. In addition, he is a past Director and Officer of the Montreal Society of Financial Analysts as well as a past Chairman of the Canadian Securities Institute. Paul has also served as Vice Chairman and Governor of the Montreal Exchange

 Patrick Gay

Patrick Gay
Vice Chairman

Patrick joined LOM in 1974 and over the past three and a half decades has developed a close working relationship with many leading European institutions, enabling LOM to achieve one of the largest market shares among investment firms trading Canadian equities. Patrick became Senior Vice-President and Director in charge of LOM's European operations in 1986 and Vice-Chairman of LOM Inc. in May, 1990. Before joining LOM, Patrick worked with two major industrial companies over a six-year period and spent two years as Assistant Manager in the Paris office of a Canadian investment dealer. He graduated from business school in Paris in 1967 with a special degree in international trade and economic affairs. LOM closed its Paris office in 2002. Although LOM closed its Paris office in 2002, Patrick remains Vice Chairman and Director of LOM Bancorp Limited and a Director of LOM Limited.