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Bill’s Buzz May 2021 Moves

May 1, 2021  

Argyle Capital hires Meredith Thompson as Vice President from EY where she was a Senior Associate, M&A.

Joining Origin Merchant Partners as Principal, Investment Banking is Darren Williams from Deloitte’s Corporate Finance Group where he was a Partner and Senior Managing Director.

Also joining Origin as an Associate is Umer Randhawa from Macquarie Capital where he was Associate, DIG.

Morgan Stanley hires Executive Director, Head of Electronic Trading, Mike Barclay, from VirtuITG Canada where he was Managing Director, Head of Broker Dealer Sales.

Benjamin Gaspar rejoins his early career employer, BMO Capital Markets in Toronto as Managing Director, M&A. He was most recently at Canaccord Genuity where he was Managing Director, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage.

In Vancouver, Karus Gold appoints Andrew Kaip President and CEO. Andrew was previously Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets.

Also recently at BMO Capital Markets, Ian Kilimnik who was Director, M&A, joins Echelon Capital Markets as a Managing Director, Investment Banking, M&A.

Previously Assistant Vice President, Private Equity Integrated Investments at Partners Group in London, UK, joining CPP Investments in Toronto as a Senior Associate, Funds & Secondaries, is Kyle Hughes.

Kingsett Capital hires Naser Sultani as an Associate, Mortgage Underwriting and Funding. Naser was most recently at Cameron Stephens Mortgage Capital as an Associate, Mortgage Investments.

In Montreal, Sagard Holdings hires Private Equity Associate Naomi Francoeur-Valliere from GardaWorld where she was a Corporate Development Senior Analyst.

Leaving Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets is James Huntington where he was a Research Associate, Gold & Precious Minerals to join Macquarie as a Senior Analyst, Mining Finance.

Joining Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets in New York as an Investment Banking Analyst, U.S. Power & Utilities is Alex Labuik, from Deloitte in Toronto where he was an Analyst, Infrastructure M&A.

Michael Moore joins National Bank Financial as a Real Estate Investment Banking Analyst from Slate Asset Management.

Congratulations to Jimmy Jean for being appointed Chief Economist and Strategist, making history as the first person of colour to hold the top economist post at a major Canadian banking institution. 

Steven Latimer joins Bacchus Capital Advisers as Managing Director and Head of Americas. Steven was previously President and Managing Director, Head of Canadian Investment Banking at Jefferies Securities.

Previously Managing Director and Deputy Head of Asset Management at DIF Capital Partners, joining Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure as Managing Director and Head of Asset Management, is Moira Turnbull-Fox.

Joining Maverix Private Equity as Managing Partner is Michael Wasserman from H.I.G. Capital where he was Managing Director.

Also joining Maverix is Peter Hass, as an Associate Partner from Mattamy Asset Management where he was Director at Mattamy Ventures.

Lisa Wilkinson joins Eldorado Gold as a Vice President, Investor Relations from TMAC Resources where she was Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic Development.

Joining FrontWell Capital Partners as Vice President, Underwriting & Portfolio Management is Nick Bassi from Scotiabank where he was Director, Business Development.

Desjardins Capital Markets hires Ryan Maloney as Vice President & Director, Institutional Equity Sales from Sprott Capital Partners in a similar role.

Previously Director & Portfolio Manager at Westcourt Capital, joining Focus Asset Management as Managing Director is James Stellick.

Gregory Darkeff joins YORK as a Senior Director, Corporate Development from IPEX where he was Director, Corporate Development.

Joining Dynamic Funds, Value Equity team is Portfolio Manager, Raymond Lai.

Leaving National Bank Financial’s Global Power, Utilities & Infrastructure team is Mo Al-Nabhan where he was an Analyst to join CPP Investments as an Associate, Global Infrastructure Private Equity.

Joining ONCAP Management Partners as a Private Equity Associate is Jack Fischer from Barclays Investment Bank where he was an Investment Banking Analyst.

Also joining ONCAP is Elliott Foley, as an Associate from the Investment Banking team at Goldman Sachs.

David Hogarth joins Rhino Ventures as Partner, from CIBC Capital Markets where he was an Executive Director, Investment Banking.

Joining Canaccord Genuity as Vice President, Investment Banking, Metals & Mining is Daniel Wang. Daniel was previously an Investment Banking Associate on CIBC Capital Markets’ Mining team.

Also joining Canaccord is Trina Wang as Vice President, Equity Capital Markets from PI Financial.

Jamal Yehia joins Volaris Group as Vice President, M&A from RBC Capital Markets where he was an Investment Banking Associate.

In Victoria, Ross Curry joins Burkett Asset Management as Associate Portfolio Manager. Ross was previously a Strategic Asset Allocation Manager at BCI.

BMO Financial hires Hardik Mehta as a Credit Analyst, Mid Market, Diversified Industries from Stonebridge Financial where he was a Credit Analyst & Account Relationship Officer, Project Finance.

In Montreal, Dennis Bobyk joins Grayhawk as an Investment Management Lead. Previously, Dennis was at BRK Capital as a Senior Analyst, Public Markets.

Stephen Jablonski joins NorthWest Healthcare Properties as an Investments Analyst from Starlight Investments where he was an Asset Management Analyst.

Joining Moelis & Company in New York as an Associate, M&A is Ivan Siklic, most recently a Principal at Ironstone Capital in Toronto.

Triovest hires Pawan Saxena as a Senior Analyst, Investments. Pawan was previously at CBRE where he was an Analyst, Real Estate Investments.

Colin Greenwood joins RBC Capital Markets in London, UK as an Investment Banking Associate, Global Metals & Mining, from BMO Capital Markets in Toronto where he held a similar role.

Joining Fengate as a Private Equity Associate is Alex Chang from National Bank Financial where he was an Investment Banking Associate, M&A.

Leaving Origin Merchant Partners where he was an Investment Banking Associate is Andrei Rojine, joining National Bank Financial as an Investment Banking Associate, M&A.

Cormark Securities hires Liam Dotchison as an Associate, Institutional Equity Research. Liam was previously an Analyst at Spaulding Ridge.

Leaving Tilray is Dirong Wen where he was a Commercial Insights Manager to join Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst.

Also joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst is Sarah Stewart from CIBC Capital Markets where she was an Associate, Corporate Banking, Financials & Public Sector.

Recent Grad, Aamir Zargham, joins Lightspeed HQ as a Junior Financial Analyst.

BMO Capital Markets hires recent grad, Joseph Pan to their Real Estate team.

PI Financial hires Jennifer Leung to join their ECM team as Vice President, Head of Syndication. Jennifer was previously on the ECM team at Canaccord Genuity.

Jessica DiCesare joins PSP Investments as Manager, Infrastructure Investments from EY where she was Senior Manager, Strategy & Transactions.

Joining Veritas Investment Research as an Equity Research Associate is Stephanie Shiu from PwC where she was a Senior Associate.

Leaving Origin Merchant Partners where she was an Investment Banking Associate is Annie Sun, joining Northleaf Capital Partners as an Associate.

Jasmine Chan joins CPP Investments as an Analyst, Private Equity Secondaries from FirePower Capital where she was an Investment Banking Analyst, M&A Advisory.

Joining Jefferies in New York as an Investment Banking Associate, Healthcare, is Isaac Tobianah, from National Bank Financial where he was an Investment Banking Associate, M&A.

In Calgary, Arshdeep Rai joins WestJet as a Senior Analyst, Corporate Planning from BAML where he was an Investment Banking Associate.

Also in Calgary, SAF Group hires Cooper Watson as an Analyst, Investments from Brookfield Properties where he was an Analyst, Corporate Finance & Planning.

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