Our Team
CEO, Director
Tom
English
Mr. English has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry and has held numerous senior roles at investment banks including CIBC and Salman Partners.
Mr. English has provided financial solutions for both small and large cap companies across all business sectors. During his career he has been involved in transactions across the entire capital structure, including financings (debt, equity, IPO) and mergers and acquisition advisory assignments in Canada, South America and the United States.
CFO, Director
Paul
Kania, CPA
Mr. Kania has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience, and is the Founder of PLK Accounting & Finance Inc. (“PLK”), which provides chief financial officer and board of director services to private and publicly listed entities.
Prior to founding PLK, Mr. Kania worked as an auditor at firms such as MNP LLP in Toronto, and Berdon LLP in New York City, before joining Brookfield Asset Management as a manager in their Corporate Finance department. Mr. Kania, an unregistered Certified Public Accountant with the State of New York, graduated with an HBA in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Toronto and has a Finance and Accounting Certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Independent Director
Jason
Hawkins
Mr. Hawkins has over 25 years of capital markets experience in both investment and merchant banking.
Over the course of his career, Mr. Hawkins has raised seed to late-stage financing for companies in the mining, oil and gas, technology and healthcare sectors.