Gord entered the financial business in 1987 and is the president of Charter Wealth Management, a company that provides comprehensive financial planning services to private clients. Risk management and investment strategies for owners and managers of private and public companies are Gord's focus.

Gord is a certified financial planner, investment advisor and vice president-private client division of Mackie Research Capital Corporation. With roots that date back to 1921, Mackie Research Capital is a full-service company that provides access to stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other marketable securities for private clients.

Prior to his professional financial career, Gord was in the oil and gas industry for eighteen years, including chemical plants and refineries. Ten of those eighteen years were spent in the ownership and management of heavy construction companies.