Bill’s Buzz November 2021 Moves

BlackRock appoints Helen Hayes as Head of iShares for Canada. Previously, Helen was Managing Director and Head of International Equity Sales & Trading. Click HERE to read more.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Jonathan Hausman as Senior Managing Director, Global Investment Strategy.

In Montreal, Elina Tea has been appointed CFO at Vosker from Cogeco where she was Vice President, Corporate Development.

Andrea Morwick joins Canaccord Genuity as Managing Director. Andrea was most recently Managing Director for Bank of America’s Canadian Equity Sales desk.

In Toronto, Anthony Cheung joins Coinsquare as Director, Corporate Development, Strategy & Research from San Fransisco where he worked at Opendoor in Business Operations.

Joining Nameless.io as an Economist is Andrew Agopsowicz from RBC where he was a Senior Economist.

The August Group hires Mark Michaels as an Investment Associate. Previously, Mark was an Investment Banking Associate, Global Metals & Mining at BMO Capital Markets.

Joining Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan as a Private Equity Associate is Billy Lam from Goldman Sachs where he was an Investment Banking Associate.

Christopher Vasilache joins TorQuest Partners as a Private Equity Associate from RBC Capital Markets where he was an Investment Banking Associate.

In Vancouver, Matthew Cindric joins Delbrook Capital Advisors as an Investment Analyst from National Bank Financial where he was an Investment Banking Associate, Global Mining & Metals.

Desjardins Capital Markets has made the following appointments:

• Craig Brenner is appointed Vice Chair;
• Frédéric Girard is appointed Head of Equities and will be responsible for Institutional Equities Sales & Trading, Equity Research and Retail Trade Execution;
• Joining as Managing Director is David Sellitto from National Bank Financial where he was Director, Corporate Banking, Credit Capital Markets;
• Gian Guerrero joins as Director, Corporate Banking from Scotiabank where he was Director, Financial Institutions – Banks, Global Risk Management;
• Mason Granger has become the Sustainability & Energy Transition Strategist as part of the Equity Research team;
• David Turbide will join as an Expert Advisor and Senior Analyst within the Money Market and Funding team. Most recently David was a Senior Analyst at Quebec Deposit and Placement Fund;
• Mohamed Chibane to join the Fixed Income Group as an Associate; and
• Joining the Fixed Income Group – Futures Institutional Sales is Terra Booth.

ATB Financial hires Matt Malowney as Managing Director, Institutional Equity Trading. Most recently Matt was Senior Vice President, Institutional Equity Trading at Raymond James.

Silver Heights Capital Management has appointed Trish Campbell as COO.

Forthlane Partners hires David Fleck as Co-President. Previously, David was Partner at C.A. Delaney Capital Management.

Moves in Montreal:

• iA Financial hires Jean-Rene Adam as Principal Vice President, North American and Quantitative Equities from BCI where he was a Senior Managing Director, Active Portfolio Management in British Columbia;
• MSF Investment Management hires Stephane Amara as Managing Director of Institutional Sales from Allianz Global Investors where he was Director, Head of Canada;
• Oumaima Alaoui joins Base Carbon as a Corporate Development Associate from Gildan where she was most recently a Corporate Development Analyst;
• Joining Novacap as an Associate, TMT is Philippe Belec from RBC Capital Markets where he was an Investment Banking Associate, DIG; and
• Cogeco hires Gagan Multani as a Corporate Development Analyst from Laurentian Bank where he was a Senior Analyst, Corporate Development, M&A.

Crestpoint Real Estate Investments hires Margo Macdonald as an Associate from Realstar Management where she was an Associate, Investment Management.

In British Columbia, Christopher Wong joins Eversio Wellness as CFO from Mundoro Capital.

Sunlife hires David Garg as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Formerly, David was at Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets as Managing Director & Head of FIG Corporate and Investment Banking.

Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions hires Sam Monroe as Assistant Vice President, Client Relationship Management from Further Capital Partners’ Origination team.

Edward Xu joins Tricon Residential as an Associate, Investments from Extendicare where he was a Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Development and FP&A.

CIBC hires Anne Yao as an Investment Banking Analyst, M&A from OYA Solar where she was a Financial Analyst, M&A and Capital Raising.

In Calgary, Erik Bakke joins Haywood Securities as Managing Director, Head of Energy Investment Banking. Most recently, Erik worked at Stifel Financial where he was Managing Director, Investment Banking.

Nicola Wealth appoints Danielle Skipp as Managing Director, Ontario.

Ryan McGaw joins CPP Investments as Director, Investment Risk from Great-West Life where he was Assistant Vice President, Credit Risk.

Also at CIBC:

• Nirushan Thambirajah joins as Executive Director, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Power & Utilities – Corporate Banking. He was previously a Director, Global Corporate & Investment Banking at MUFG; and
• Joining as an Investment Banking Associate is recent grad, Grant Richardson.

Deloitte hires Mohamad Hakim as Senior Director, Corporate Finance, M&A from PwC where he was Vice President, Corporate Finance, M&A Advisory.

Joining TD Securities as Vice President, Investment Banking, is Kay Schonberger from RBC Capital Markets.

Agentis Capital hires Janos Mann as Vice President from EY’s Strategic and Transaction Advisory team where he was Senior Vice President.

Cheng Lu, former Senior Analyst at IMCO, joins Manulife Investment Management as Senior Associate.

In Calgary, Blake Jackman joins Hugessen Consulting as an Associate. Most recently, Blake was a Management Consultant at MNP.