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Rob has over 20 years of investment banking experience at both bank-owned and independent Canadian investment dealers, most recently as Head of Diversified Industries at Cormark Securities, and previously as a Principal at Genuity Capital Markets and Managing Director at CIBC World Markets. Rob has extensive experience managing financings and M&A transactions across multiple sectors including some of the most significant Canadian wealth management transactions.
Rob holds an Honours BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Rob’s select transaction list includes:
- Sale of Integrated Asset Management to Fiera Capital
- Advising Economical Insurance on its Demutualization
- Investment by ONCAP in Wyse Meter Solutions
- Advising on the merger and creation of Aviso Wealth
- WideWaters Hotel Development Financing
- The Scoular Company Acquisition of the Special Crops Division of Legumex Walker
- Hydrogenics Corporation Note Offering
- Sale of Blumont Capital to Arrow Capital
- Acquisition of Renewable Energy Developers by Capstone Power
- Sale of Thompsons to The Andersons and Lansing Trade Group
- Sale of BPR Engineering to Tetra Tech
- Sale of Acuity Investment Management to AGF
- Acquisition of certain assets of Dundee REIT by GE Real Estate
- Sale of UE Waterheater to Alinda Infrastructure
- Sale of Mackenzie Financial to Investors Group
- Acquisition of John Hancock by Manulife
- Sale of Assante Capital to CI Financial
- Acquisition of Trimark Financial by Invesco (Amvescap)