At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based Director operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a Director 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.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Gord Erickson
Associate Director, Energy Data Governance of IHS Markit
Gord Erickson is the associate director of Energy data governance at IHS Markit.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Donald Shumka
President and Managing Director of Walden International
Mr. Shumka was first appointed to the board of directors in May 2005. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts from UBC. Mr. Shumka is, and has been since 2004, the President and Managing Director of Walden Management Ltd., a firm that provides financial consulting and advisory services to the financial, manufacturing and processing industries. From 1993 to 2004, he was Managing Director, Raymond James Ltd. Mr. Shumka has extensive financial and management experience – 15 years in investment banking with Raymond James and CIBC World Markets and 25 years in the forest industry where he was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of West Fraser Timber Company for a decade. Mr. Shumka also serves on the boards of Alterra Power Corp, Odin Mining and Exploration Ltd and Paladin Energy Ltd.
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About Walden International: Walden International is a venture capital firm.
Ed Levinson
Director of Ensibuuko
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About Ensibuuko, Shona, Sockeye: Ensibuuko is a fintech startup that provides cloud-based micro-finance & insurance software as well as mobile money apps.
Charity Callahan
Director of Partnerships of DealPoint Capital
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About DealPoint Capital: DealPoint Capital is a private capital markets platform to digitize and automate investor on-boarding and investment execution.
Nav Dhunay
Managing Director, Innovation of ATB Financial
Nav Dhunay is the Managing Director at ATB Financial.
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About ATB Financial: ATB Financial is a banking and financial institution that provides financial services, wealth management and investments.
Martin Molyneaux
Managing Director, Institutional Research of FirstEnergy Capital
Martin Molyneaux was ranked as one of the top 10 oil and natural gas analysts in Canada for over a decade. His research team covered corporate valuations and comparisons, comprehensive oil and gas macro and micro economics, corporate projections, detailed finding-development-acquisition cost analyses, exploration and development reviews, and acquisition divestiture reviews. Martin is a CPA, a CFA charter holder, and an ICD.D holder. He is a graduate of McMaster University and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), FirstEnergy Capital: FirstEnergy Capital is an investment bank focused on the energy sector.
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