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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 signifcant Canadian wealth management transactions.
Rob earned 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)