About
Portland Holdings
Headquartered in Canada, Portland Holdings is a privately held investment company that manages public and private equity and has an ownership interest in a collection of businesses that follow founder Michael Lee-Chin’s established investment philosophy and guiding principles for each of the Portland group of companies.
Portland Holdings
The primary difference between Portland and many other investment companies is our commitment to being a long-term shareholder and taking significant positions in investee companies.
Hands-On
Private Equity
High-Quality Businesses
Founded over 30 years ago by Michael Lee-Chin, a Jamaican immigrant to Canada, the Portland group of companies now operate in over 20 countries, influence approximately $20 billion of assets and are responsible for thousands of employees in Canada and across the Americas.
OPERATES IN
COUNTRIES
INFLUENCES APPROXIMATELY
BILLION OF ASSETS
OUR MISSION
Our core business is investment management, creating wealth for individuals, families, business, institutions, and countries.
Portland's mission is to provide all wealth-seeking investors with access to investment opportunities both within the public and private sector that are typically reserved for the high net worth and institutional investor.
Dedicated To Creating Wealth For All.
A Visible Minority Success Story.
A Living Example Of Canadian Values.
A Platform To Advance Canadian Economic, Social And Environmental Objectives At Home And Through The Americas
Values at our Core
Building strong indigenous businesses with local ownership and management
Diversity At All Levels
- We believe that ownership/leadership should reflect the markets in which they operate
- With a focus on the Canadian, Caribbean and Latin American Markets, in which there are substantial populations of people of colour, we are naturally racially diverse and gender balanced.
- To mitigate the risk of systemic discrimination, we actively promote and monitor diversity and gender equality in our portfolio companies.
Sustainable Development
Creating Impact
Socially Responsible
Our History
Portland Holdings has roots back to AIC Limited, which Michael Lee-Chin acquired 1985 with proceeds from a prudent investment in Mackenzie Financial stock a few years earlier. AIC had $800,000 in assets under management at the time and through Michael's stewardship and philosophy of "Buy, Hold and Prosper", AIC grew to include more than $15 Billion under management, becoming Canada's largest privately owned asset manager before selling to its retail investment fund business to a leading Canadian financial services group in 2009.
In 2012, through Mandeville Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Portland Holdings, Michael began assembling a diversified group of wealth management companies that included: Portland Investment Counsel Inc. (an investment fund manager, portfolio manager, mutual fund dealer and exempt market dealer), Mandeville Private Client Inc. (an IIROC investment dealer) and Mandeville Insurance Services Inc. (life insurance).
Today, The Portland Group of Companies influence approximately $20 Billion in Assets.
- For individuals and families in several countries; leading global development financial institutions; for pension plans and insurance companies in the Caribbean
- Across multiple sectors including financial services, media, tourism, agriculture, real estate development, and targeted radionuclide therapy
- Globally with a concentration in the Caribbean and Latin America