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)
