Charlie has over 25 years of investment banking experience at both Canadian and international investment banks.

Charlie has extensive industry experience in investment banking, debt & equity capital markets and bond sales with Blackmont Capital, Midland Walwyn/Merrill Lynch, TD Securities and Richardson Greenshields. Charlie’s investment banking activities have included public and private debt & equity financings, M&A and advisory services across industrial products, financial services, real estate, mining and energy.

Charlie graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queens University.

Gordon has 30+ years of experience in mining development, finance and M&A, first as a geophysicist, then as a senior investment banker with CIBC, N.M. Rothschild Canada, Newcrest Capital, and National Bank Financial, and Gryphon Partners Canada, where he was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. He was also the CEO of Alloycorp Mining Inc., and has served as director of a number of public mining companies including IAMGold, Royal Gold and NexGen Energy.

Currently, Gordon is the Chairman of the Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC), and the Chairman of Black Loon Group, a private mining investment, and financial and strategic advisory business, which he founded in 2015.

In 2013, Gordon was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work with Right To Play. He is also a recipient of the Robert Elver Mineral Economics Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

Gordon has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Science (Geology) from Queen’s University, is a Professional Engineer Ontario (P.Eng), and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Jim has over 25 years experience in investment and corporate banking including 20 years at Canadian and Global Investment banks.

Prior to joining Origin as a Principal, Jim was Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors at Macquarie Capital in Canada. Previously, Jim was Managing Director in Investment Banking where he was responsible for managing several businesses including Credit Capital Markets, Derivatives Marketing and Private Equity.  Jim was also a member of the Senior Credit Committee, Investment Banking Operating Committee and Equity/Debt Capital Markets Committees.

Jim holds an Honours BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jim’s selected list of transactions:
• Advising Centric Health Corp. on 2 transactions
• ChildVentures’ strategic investment by Fusion Ventures
• Pivot Pharmaceuticals strategic investment
• Jaguar Mining – $28million recapitalization financing and credit advisor