Eugene Ellmen

Executive Director, Social Investment Organization

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Eugene Ellmen is Executive Director of the Social Investment Organization, Canada’s national association for socially responsible investment (SRI). He is one of Canada’s leading experts on SRI.

Prior to joining the SIO, Eugene had an extensive career in research and public education on socially responsible investment. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Canadian Ethical Money Guide, updated through five editions between 1988 and 1998.

Eugene’s career has touched on many facets of journalism, communications and public affairs. In the 1980s, he was a business writer with Canadian Press, where he covered the early development of the SRI industry. Subsequent to his stint at CP, he worked in communications and public affairs with Credit Union Central of Ontario, the Ontario government and a number of private clients. He joined SIO as Executive Director in 1999.

Eugene has recently been appointed to the Board of the Community Power Fund, which supports community-owned renewable energy projects in Ontario.

He is married with two children and lives in Toronto.