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This list showcases the top British Columbia based Chairman operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a Chairman is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Owen Matthews
Chairman of The Alacrity Foundation
Owen Matthews is Executive Vice President at Wesley Clover. In this role, Owen is responsible for strategy and business development activities for the Wesley Clover portfolio, both domestically and internationally. Prior to his position at Wesley Clover, Owen was the founder and CEO of Newheights Software. Newheights was a pioneer in enterprise unified communication products. As CEO of Newheights, Owen was responsible for all aspects of the business. Achievements worth noting include OEM agreements with major enterprise communication system vendors, carrier equipment manufacturers and direct agreements with telephone companies. Newheights was acquired for $21.6 Million in 2007. Prior to Newheights, Owen co-founded TDC, a web development firm. Owen is an active member on the Board of Directors for Counterpath Corporation and Taraspan. Owen is also passionately committed to the development and growth of Canadian athletes and youth development. He was the co-chair of the Advancement Committee for Canadian Sport Centre Pacific Institute, a $28 million dollar training facility for high performance athletes. He is also active on the board of advisors for the Business school at University of Victoria and Power to Be, a charity founded to enrich the health, education and quality of life for vulnerable youth. Owen studied Computer Science and Psychology at the University of Victoria and joined Wesley Clover in August 2007, following the acquisition of Newheights.
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About The Alacrity Foundation, Wesley Clover, Wesley Clover: The Alacrity Foundation is a company that finds venture capital funding and training for entrepreneurs to help grow tech companies.
Joseph W Fodor
Chairman of Roadman Investments
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About Roadman Investments: Roadman Investments is an investment issuer that focuses on investing growth capital in private and public companies.
Sean Chan
CEO & Chairman of EquitySoft Investments
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About EquitySoft Investments: Canada’s only private wealth management entity specialized in machine-learning sentiment-scoring trading algorithms.
Marin Katusa
Founder & Chairman of Katusa Research
Marin Katusa, an accomplished investment analyst, is the senior editor of Casey Energy Opportunities, Casey Energy Confidential, and Casey’s Energy Report. He left a successful teaching career to pursue analyzing and investing in junior resource companies. In addition, he is a member of the Vancouver Angel Forum where he and his colleagues evaluate early seed investment opportunities. Marin also manages a portfolio of international real estate projects. Using advanced mathematical skills, he has created a diagnostic resource market tool that analyzes and compares hundreds of investment variables. Through his own investments, Marin has established a network of relationships with many of the key players in the junior resource sector in Vancouver. Marin has the connections, the mathematical and analytical acumen to bring the best investment ideas and most promising private placement offerings to Casey Research subscribers.
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About Katusa Research: Katusa Research is an independent investment research firm founded by professional investor Marin Katusa.
Michael King
Chairman of Credits
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Michael King
Chairman of Credits
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Gary Yurkovich
Founder and Executive Chairman of Espresso Capital
Gary is an active angel investor, independent board member, fund manager, and philanthropist. As a seasoned technology executive, Gary was the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service for Creo Products where he helped grow the company from $6M to over $125M in revenue over a 3 year period prior to being purchased by Kodak for $1B. He was also the VP Sales and Corporate Development for BrightSide Technologies which was purchased for $28M by Dolby Labs in 2007 and was also COO of Resolution Health in San Jose, Ca which was recently purchased by Wellpoint. Gary started his career with Digital Equipment Corporation where he served in a variety of management and operational positions, and was one of the most highly recognized contributors in the company’s history. He is a BCIT graduate in Electronics and has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Genetics from the University of British Columbia. Gary is the Managing General Partner with Espresso Capital and currently sits on the Board of Directors of several technology companies including Clevest Solutions, Rapid Electric Vehicles, Wolf Medical Systems, and BC Social Venture Partners.
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About Espresso Capital, Wolf Medical Systems Corp.: Espresso Capital offers lines of credit and term loans to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
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