Peter-Paul has over 15 years of experience in finance, investment management and business consultancy. He's held multiple senior management positions with global banks in the areas of corporate strategy, commercial and investment banking. Peter-Paul has also held management consultancy roles in Europe. While Peter-Paul enjoyed a successful career in international banking, he decided to embark on the entrepreneurial path. His career move coincided with he and his family jumping the pond and landing in Canada. Upon relocation to Canada in 2010, Peter-Paul worked as a consultant for several early stage and growth companies. In that period he experienced the challenges that young companies face in attracting capital and realized how the venture financing space was essentially not using any of today's available technology. In 2013 Peter-Paul founded FrontFundr to address this challenge and take on the opportunity to create the New Capital Market. He also serves as a director on the National Board of the Private Capital Markets Association in Canada (PCMA). Advisor to the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association Canada (NCFA) and member of the Ontario Securities Commission - Fintech Advisory Committee. Peter-Paul holds a Master of Science in business economics and finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

Previous to embarking on a career in the securities industry, Anthony spent many years as a content creator, sound designer, administrator, post production supervisor and entrepreneur in the film and television industry. Prior to joining Frontfundr, Anthony worked as a Research and Due Diligence analyst with BlackOre Research, providing insight into both public and private securities. He brings to Frontfundr extensive experience conducting due diligence within the exempt market and has a passion for helping start-up companies reach their goals. Additionally, Anthony oversees compliance managerial duties for Frontfundr, assisting new companies with onboarding materials and regulatory oversight. Anthony holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the University of British Columbia and has completed the CSC.

Aaron is a graduate of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, where he specialized in entrepreneurship. This concentration paved the way for his passion working with start-ups. Prior to joining FrontFundr, Aaron was introduced to venture capital and private equity through his work with GreenAngel Energy at the Globe2014 event in Vancouver. Aaron then continued his exploration of the investment industry by joining Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management as a marketing and business development assistant. In addition to holding a Bachelor of Commerce, Aaron has completed the Canadian Securities and Exempt Market Products Courses.

Jaime McNally's passion for private business motivated through over four years of professional service experience working at Big 4 accounting firms, including both Deloitte and Ernst & Young. Jaime has experience in Assurance, Corporate and Personal Taxation, and Transactions Advisory. Jaime has earned a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition, Jaime has completed the Chartered Professional Accounting program and is pursuing the Chartered Business Valuator Designation. Jaime's passion and motivation for providing tangible future value for private businesses and entrepreneurs enticed her to joining FrontFundr.

Passionate about exploring the connection between technology and human work, Francois holds an engineering master degree in mathematics and computers sciences from INSA Rouen (France). Prior to joining FrontFundr, Francois worked 5 years for financial institutions in France (Neuflize OBC and Banque De France) where he had the opportunity to develop his technical and management skills.

Prior to FrontFundr, Stephen worked as an Account Manager at Ricoh Canada, where he developed a passion for problem solving while working with small to mid-sized companies. During his time at Ricoh, Stephen learnt to manage client relationships and actively prospect new business. Stephen was first introduced to entrepreneurship in 2010, while working as a Marketing Intern at Native Shoes during their growth to international success, and his interest in the start-up space has continued to grow.

Experience at Silicon Valley and Amsterdam-based startups fuelled Jasper’s passion for fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship. This ultimately led to his pursuit of a Master’s in Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prior to joining Frontfundr, Jasper completed projects at a Dutch banking and financial services company (Rabobank) and a Swedish private equity group (EQT Partners), both of which sparked a particular interest in the financial aspect of fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship.

Combining a bachelor in a school of business and development and a master's degree in environment, Blandine draws on these complementaries experiences to work today at FrontFundr. Convinced that the human being is at the heart of everything, she wants to offer a warm and dynamic face to companies and investors who believe in FrontFundr values. If you want to meet her, welcome in Montreal!

Gary is a graduate of the Marketing Management - Entrepreneurship Program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. At BCIT, Gary has had the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills including creating and launching strategic marketing campaigns and conducting extensive industry research to formulate growth plans for businesses. Now enrolled at SFU, Gary is working towards earning his BBA with a concentration in Finance. Being an pro-active individual, Gary sees the fintech industry as a major driver for change in the way consumers and businesses manage their money.

Mitchell Nagy is a recent graduate of the University of Western Ontario, earning a Honours Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business. Complementing his educational experience, Mitchell studied aboard at a top-ranked European business school, the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland. Prior to joining FrontFundr, he worked in the insurance and hospitality industries, while developing his passion for finance through school and self-motivated studies. Mitchell has completed the Exempt Markets Products course and is registered as a Dealing Representative of FrontFundr.

Quan has 16 years' experience with diversified IT in the commercial enterprise software, non-profit research and provincial healthcare sectors. Quan has comprehensive software development lifecycle experience ranging from business analysis, requirements documentation, software architecting and design, coding, quality assurance, implementation, training and support. Prior to his current role, he was the Development Manager and Architect for a web based provincial occupational health and safety surveillance and data warehousing solution. Quan's focus is on researching and adopting technologies to implement rapid application development of responsive and scalable software solutions.

Philip is a graduate of the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Prior to joining FrontFundr, he worked for an international real estate investment and management company gaining experience in corporate finance. Philip spent a large part of his childhood in Silicon Valley and gained a deep interest in early-stage business and is passionate about helping entrepreneurs succeed.

Charles Vander Griendt has been involved with exempt markets for more than 25 years, as an Issuer and Distributor of offerings. He has also assisted issuers in structuring their offerings. He has a focus on pre-IPO Investments as well as private placements in publicly traded companies. Prior and Current Offerings have been in the Technology, Blockchain, Cloud Security, Financial, Resource, Health Care, Green Energy, Cannabis, Consumer, and Real Estate Sectors, many with exits into Public Markets. In addition to increasing distribution of FrontFundr Offerings through his network of clients and business associates, his roles with FrontFundr are to source additional investment offerings and to assist in further build out of the FrontFundr team by recruiting additional Dealing Representatives. Prior to his involvement in the Exempt Markets, he was licensed as a Mutual Fund Representative. He began his career in the Financial Services Industry in 1981, and he has held his Insurance licenses continuously since that time, and he holds his ChFC and CLU designations. Charley has maintained business relationships with many clients for more than 30 years

Lauren has had a successful career as a senior executive and director in both the business and public sectors. She has had leadership roles with responsibility for business strategy, policy development, stakeholder relations and corporate governance, as well as human resource development and currently consults and finances private entities. Lauren has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary; and has served as co-head of mission for the Government of Canada overseas during the International Expo 2000 held in Germany. Lauren was an elected member of her professional association in Alberta and a national member of a board formed through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to enhance economic partnerships with China. She has also served as a director for publicly-traded and other commercial company boards as well as non-profit and charitable boards including the Calgary Region Arts Foundation, the Calgary Heritage Advisory Board, the LEAF Endowment, the United Way and most recently, IMPACT BC.

Peggy van de Plassche Peggy is an advisor at Portag3, Power Financials VC fund. In her capacity, Peggy supports the portfolio companies in establishing strategic partnerships with major corporations. She also supports the innovation and diversity agenda across Power Financials’ operating companies. Prior to joining Portag3, Peggy was VP, Innovation at CIBC enabling the digital transformation of the organization. Peggy also started a couple of Fintech ventures, invested in the space, managed a family office, consulted for large and small entities, and worked at CGI and BMO on their strategic technology investments. For many years, Peggy has been very involved in the fintech space as lecturer, mentor, speaker, angel and everything in between! A finance professional by trade, Peggy started working on technology 15 years ago. A board member of the Digital Finance Institute and of the National CrowdFunding Association, Peggy is also very passionate about gender diversity and environment. Peggy holds a M.Sc. and a B.B.A. from Ieseg School of Management and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Barry is a corporate director and strategic advisor. He focusses on governance, business growth and innovation, international expansion, and accounting/finance in a variety of industries. Barry retired in 2016 as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, after a 34 year career with them. From 1990 to 1997, Barry was a partner in PwC's Hong Kong firm, their only partner from North America. His PwC expertise area was transfer pricing/cross border tax planning. He also held various executive leadership roles with the firm, including large client relationships (eg HSBC Canada and Sierra Wireless), HR, Recruiting, and was their Canadian Inbound Clients Leader. Barry has lectured and given presentations in over ten countries. Barry has also been elected 2018/19 Chair of the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC (35,000 members), with whom he is currently a vice chair. Barry is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCA) and a qualified director with the Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2005, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC awarded Barry his Fellowship distinction, in recognition of outstanding leadership in his career and contributions to the community. Barry is a Board director of these companies; EasyPark, SFU UniverCity Real Estate Trust (chairman), Truvera Trust and Mortgage Corporation, and Valhalla International Games Studios (chairman 2016 to 2017, previously audit committee chair). He is a North American strategic advisor to TMF (global business services provider). In addition to corporate boards, Barry is passionate about community service. He chairs or serves on many non-profit boards, including a number of boards at Simon Fraser University, the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (past National Chairman) and Arts Umbrella Foundation (chairman).

Jill Earthy is an entrepreneurially-minded leader with a passion for supporting entrepreneurship. After completing her MBA, she successfully built two companies, grew them nationally and then sold them. For the past 8 years she has led two non-profit organizations focused on supporting entrepreneurs through the provision of financing, mentorship and education. As a community leader and active mentor, Jill serves on the Board of Governors for Simon Fraser University and the Board of the Women's Enterprise Centre, and is Co-Chair of the WEB Alliance, a collective of over 25 women's business networks. She has been recognized as a BIV Top 40 under 40 (2010), Top 100 by The International Alliance for Women (2011), as a finalist for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, and recently as one of University of Victoria's 25 Alumni to Watch.

Charmaine Crooks, C.M, B.A, OLY Five Time Canadian Olympian and Olympic silver medalist (Athletics) Charmaine Crooks is a Member of the Order of Canada (C.M), entrepreneur, speaker, moderator and advocate for sport and Athletes in Canada and internationally. Based in West Vancouver, she founded NGU Consultants Inc (1994), a global consultancy and management firm, which provides strategic cross-sectional advisory and business development services to a variety of business sectors including technology and major events. She is a corporate director, serving on a variety of profit and non-profit Boards, including co-founder of the 365 International Sport Foundation and Our Cityride. Former Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), she served on the IOC Athlete’s Commission, IOC Press Commission, IOC Culture and Education Commission, New Media working group, IOC 2000 Reform Commission and the founding IOC Ethics Committee. As one of the founding board members of the 2010 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Winter Games (Vanoc), she was the only member to serve from the initial bid phase through to the successful end of the Games. Also a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Olympians Canada, Canadian Soccer Association executive board and the FIFA Competitions Committee. Charmaine is inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Texas El Paso Sports Hall of Fame, where she attended on a full Athletic scholarship. She has received numerous awards including the “IOC Women in Sport Trophy” and was named BC "Top 40 under 40" and one of the "Top 50 Women of Power" in Canada. Charmaine is a free-lance TV host/producer and co-hosted "Cycle", -- Canada's first national TV series on cycling and fitness as well as "In the Company of Women", "No Laughing Matter" and the "World Athletics Gala".

Daryl Hatton is founder and CEO of the innovative social commerce company ConnectionPoint, producer of the award-winning global crowdfunding platform FundRazr and the sponsored crowdfunding system Sponsifi. He has founded multiple tech start-ups and helped bring one to a successful NASDAQ IPO in 1999. He actively serves as board member or special advisor to handfuls of other hot companies in Canada. In addition, he is a Director and Crowdfunding Ambassador for the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada. As a social media guy and frequent public speaker, his Twitter tagline reads “#KingOfGastown, entrepreneur, cardiac survivor, foodie, whisky nut, philosopher, mentor, father, and friend.”

Annie is an innovative investor, entrepreneur, and executive with a background in venture capital, royalty finance, and lending. She adds value to the organizations she works with by developing effective growth strategies and solving complex business challenges by focusing on the data and what's possible. She is known as an exceptional networker and is driven by bringing partners together towards successful transactions and long-term partnerships. She is the Chief Investment Officer at Grand Challenges Canada, an organization that has developed a world-class innovation platform to invest in game-changing solutions for the needs of disadvantaged populations in Canada and Low and Middle Income countries, including in the areas of maternal and newborn health, reproductive health, sanitation, humanitarian assistance and early childhood education, among others. She also leads the investment practice of The Big Push, an accelerator for women-led tech companies she helped get off the ground and is an advisor to the CEO of Silver Maple Ventures, a fintech company that operates the FrontFundr and SMV Capital Markets platforms to allow Canadian private companies to capital from retail and accredited investors.