Toronto-based Watt Carmichael Private Counsel Inc. announced late last month that it has hired Sean O’Hara as its vice president and chief investment officer. O’Hara is Canada’s first investment professional to earn the accredited investment fiduciary analyst designation, awarded by the Pennsylvania-based Center for Fiduciary Studies. O’Hara comes to Watt with 25 years of investment and portfolio-management experience.

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