Gary Bartholomew, Managing Partner - specializes in building innovative financial services companies, both in the private and public sector. With a technology background, new financial services businesses have been created to change industries bringing new efficiencies and redefining competitive barriers to entry. Focus has been on creating a strong performance driven culture with accountability, attracting and retaining the best people and compensating them accordingly. Past success as the founder, CEO and Chairman have been, Cervus Financial Group (TSX: CFG), Basis100 (TSX: BAS), iGate Technologies, Design Recovery, Read Attachments Inc., Buhl Automatic Inc., and advisory work for RBC Financial, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Livingston and International Verifact. Mr. Bartholomew holds a BSc from the University of Waterloo, 1983.
Trevor Michael, Managing Partner - is a business development specialist with extensive capital markets experience and has managed assets for both large institutions and private investment partnerships. He has held senior asset management positions at CIBC World Markets, Lehman Brothers, Standard Bank, and Graham Capital Management; and managing director and business development roles with both Mistral Capital and Weston Capital. He possesses a proven track record for delivering excess returns in currency, equity, fixed income, and commodity markets in all market environments. He has extensive experience in the development and growth of investment fund management companies and has been successful in raising capital and designing and implementing structured transactions. Mr. Michael holds an HBA from The University of Western Ontario.
Mark Olson, CFO - finance professional with over 10 year’s business experience working with corporate reporting, local and international taxation, budgeting and investments. Mark is a past manager at Zi Corporation, a technology company traded on the TSX and Nasdaq, and at HSBC (Bermuda), a service provider specializing in the hedge fund industry. Mark completed his public experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm. Mark graduated from Simon Fraser University, Canada, with a Bachelor of Business Administration, concentrating in accounting and finance. Mark subsequently received the Canadian Chartered Accountant designation and is currently registered with Canadian province of Ontario. While working in HSBC (Bermuda), Mark earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Seth Brouwers, Analyst – is a well-rounded business and strategy analyst. Seth has 10 years of experience working with a diverse range of businesses and in a comprehensive mix of roles from research and analysis to strategy, marketing, and operations. Seth started his career with Hemmera Environmental Consulting firm on the technical side but swiftly transitioned to the business development team where he excelled. Seth went on to start a solar energy business that merged with another successful solar energy company. Since then Seth has gained extensive experience as an independent research and analysis consultant working with private investors such as Pilkington Capital on their investment strategies and specific seed and early stage investments. Seth successfully sourced numerous investment opportunities and established multiple strategic partner relationships. He also worked directly within various start-up companies including PinPoint Integrity Inc. and PinPoint Environmental Inc. where he successfully secured and executed two large scale commercial development contracts with Enbridge Inc. Seth graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada with a Bachelor of Science, Science and Business Degree, Economics minor, and went on to complete his Masters in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology at the Conrad Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology, University of Waterloo, Canada. Seth has a strong and driven personality and excellent leadership and teamwork skills.
Advisory Team
Domluke Da Silva, Business Development, CFA - has over 14 years experience in the financial services industry, specializing in portfolio & investment management, advisory, deal structuring and business development. He has a highly developed understanding of global capital markets and has advised GCC-based institutional investors on a wide spectrum of asset classes including private equity, hedge funds, real estate deals, fixed income and Sharia compliant investments. He is particularly experienced in start-up operations having held senior executive positions as CEO and Director of AISM (Dubai), an asset management firm, as well as building a successful financial brokerage business in Dubai, and earlier experience gained at Merrill Lynch. Mr Da Silva, holds a B.Comm(Banking & Finance) (Hons) and is a CFA Charterholder. He is the Advocacy-Chair for CFA Emirates, and has launched initiatives promoting corporate governance and ethics for public listed companies in the UAE and GCC.
Dr. Douglas Beynon, Technology Advisor, PhD - has specialized in commercialization of computer and environmental technologies. He served as a Director, President and CEO of Unisearch Associates Inc. from 1998 through 2007 and in the additional capacity as Chairman of the Board from 2004 through 2007. Dr. Beynon was Regional Vice President of the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (“OCETA”) from 1993 to 1998. He became a Director of OCETA in 1999 and has been Chairman of the Board of OCETA from 2003 to present. Dr. Beynon is founding Chair of the Advisor Council for the Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (“CBET”) at the University of Waterloo from 2003 to present. Dr. Beynon is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at the University of Waterloo from 2007 to present. Dr. Beynon holds Bachelor and Master of Applied Science degrees from the University of Waterloo and a PhD in Business from the University of Kansas.