11 Asset Management provides merchant banking services, including strategic and financial advisory services, to companies operating in traditional industries as well as high-growth companies in emerging sectors of the economy. Additionally, 11 Asset Management undertakes capital formation mandates on behalf of its clients and will participate in a co-investment capacity. Capital formation transactions are generally structured as hybrid debt-equity investments to reflect the risk characteristics of both the issuer and investor group. 11 Asset Management seeks to provide creative solutions to challenges facing the Canadian growth economy.

Mr. Fitzgerald became non-executive Chairman of Anaconda Mining following the company’s acquisition of Orex Exploration in 2017. Mr. Fitzgerald was Chairman and CEO of Orex, the initial developer of the company’s flagship Goldboro Project. Additionally, he represents the company on the board of Novamera Inc., a spin-out and venture-backed mining technology company.

Mr. Fitzgerald is a co-founder of Stope Capital Advisors, a Toronto-based merchant bank focused on the resource and agriculture sectors. With 30+ years of investment banking experience, Mr. Fitzgerald has sourced and executed a wide variety of complex transactions across multiple industries. Mr. Fitzgerald received a B.A. with Distinction from Bowdoin College, a MSc. (Econ) from The London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Boris is a seasoned M&A advisor with over 20 years of transactional experience across a broad range of industry sectors. Boris has advised on well-over $60 billion in successful corporate transactions, including some of the most complex transactions completed in North America.

Over the course of his career, Boris has worked both with larger, fully-integrated investment banks as well as with independent, employee-owned boutique dealers. He was most recently managing director of M&A at CIBC World Markets, the capital markets subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, with responsibility for all origination and execution activity in the Diversified Industries sector. Prior to CIBC, Boris was senior partner and head of M&A at Cormark Securities, one of the leading independent investment dealers in Canada. Prior to Cormark, Boris was managing director of M&A at TD Securities, the capital markets arm of Toronto-Dominion Bank, which he joined through TD’s acquisition of Newcrest Capital, a leading Canadian independent dealer where he had been vice president. Boris started his career at BMO Capital Markets, the investment banking affiliate of Bank of Montreal, where he worked both in Toronto and the United Kingdom.

Boris earned his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and his B.Comm from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Alex Logie has thirty years of experience in the financial services sector, including twelve years as Executive Vice President of Citibank Canada where he was the head trader in the Global Debt Derivative group. Most recently, Alex was a Founding Director and CFO of San Diego, California based Tsunami VR, Inc., an enterprise Software as a Service ("SaaS") company focused on virtual reality and augmented reality.

Mr. Logie was the Co-Founder and CFO of Crane Capital Group, a boutique private equity and venture company which was sold to Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. in 2008. In 2012, he founded and was the CEO of Mercury Capital, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed capital pool corporation sold to Canada Coal, Inc. and he was also the CEO of Hong Kong based Baron Asset Management. In addition, Mr. Logie acted as an advisory member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association.

In 1982, Mr. Logie completed the Bachelor of Commerce program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to that, Mr. Logie graduated from Upper Canada College in Toronto.

Equity trader with broad Emerging Market and long term Pan-Asian equity experience.

7 years at Goldman Sachs trading Pan-Asian and Emerging Market equities.

Responsibilities included agency, facilitation and proprietary trading in all the above markets. Proprietary trading strategies focusing on high conviction calls across all markets and also multiple technical and macro strategies developed through working closely with the trading research resources.

Over $400m of risk managed across Emerging Markets and Pan-Asia with unbroken positive p&l’s coupled with aggressive risk management and low draw downs utilizing option strategies and currency forwards to enhance the profitability of the portfolios.

Acquired extensive knowledge of global markets and numerous trading strategies over 15 years.

Experienced capital markets market strategist and trading consultant for HNW family offices since 2012.

Jake possesses an intuitive market sense and a thorough understanding of market cycles, technical analysis, market dynamics, qualitative/quantitative analysis, algorithmic trading/HFT/Forex, options, and futures analysis.

Philip has been at the forefront of digital media development for the past 30 years. He provides strategic and product marketing leadership. He has built and sold four companies and been a strategic advisor, marketing visionary, product marketer and director to a number of start-ups and major names in the technology sector. His national and international track record includes many technology, real estate, educational, non-profit, and American Indian companies including Microsoft, NEC, Samsung, and Cisco Systems.

Experienced financial industry professional with extensive knowledge of economics, the global economy, investment management, international markets, banking and securities. Exceptional client relations professional with 20 years of experience with the Federal Reserve in developing and managing strategic partnerships, leading the integration of complex business opportunities and motivating others to action. Dynamic leader, who demonstrates success in collaborating with clients and expertise in leveraging strategic relationships to attain mutual strategic goals.

Demonstrated ability to spot market nuances and opportunities in financial markets relating to stocks, bonds and commodities. Served as an integrated team player providing a wide range of market-related information on a timely basis. Developed an ability to be strong under pressure and calm in stressful environments. Acquired ability to think and act quickly while remaining adaptable and focused. Exhibited strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build loyal client relationships.

MBA Quantitative Analysis, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. BS Economics, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. Attended London School of Economics, London, England

Data scientist with 20 years experience in the UK & Canada developing, directing, contracting and consulting in the software industry. Specializes in using algorithms to extract intelligence from both structured and unstructured data, with applications in text, data and financial analytics.

Mark worked with a number of clients and startups on projects including: products for profile matching, knowledge mapping & discovery, semantic network visualization in the knowledge sector; financial modeling and statistical analysis tools for the finance and communications sectors; gamification and social platforms in the corporate wellness and cleantech sectors; high performance microservices in the logistics and banking sectors.

MSc in Digital Techniques for Information Technology from Heriot-Watt University & BSc in Mathematical Science from Edinburgh University, both in Edinburgh Scotland.

Expert in developing client relationships, market research, strategic planning, clinical analysis, medical product sales, health insurance sales in health care, banking and spirits industries.

Our managing director joined Soft Analytics as an advisor in 2016. His industry experience includes amongst others manufacturing, renewable energies, telecommunications and media & technology.

Mr. Kraemer is a business and technology executive with more than twenty-five years of creating and building companies in the global financial services sector. Mr. Kraemer began his career in data analytics developing new business for IBM Canada and TD Canada Trust.

Mr. Kraemer has served as a valued banking and technology advisor to a wide variety of companies. Recently, Mr. Kraemer has served as an Advisor to Venex Capital (merchant banking), AO Group of Companies (construction and environmental), Time Machine Capital (artificial intelligence incubator) and METEX (commodities trading). Mr. Kraemer is a Founder of and former executive with TruDecision Inc (data analytics) and he is the Founder and Managing Director of TruTransfer Limited, a global banking and trading platform and network for corporate FX, commodity trade finance and supplier transaction management.

Mr. Kraemer has developed a successful career leveraging innovative technology and working with some of the world’s best data scientists and thought leaders. He has advised and helped build several successful, publicly listed and private companies including Basis100 (formerly TSX: BAS), Real Matters (TSX:REAL) and Cindus Bank (private international bank).

John possesses thirty-five years in the private investment management, capital financing, and risk management sector including service with Merrill Lynch, Rosenthal & Co, Brookfield Properties and related entities, Campeau Corp. as well as KPMG and Salomon Brothers.

From the early 1980s, as a representative for highly prestigious brokerage and commodity firms, he established a bar of excellence for managing client funds and developing innovative hedging approaches for multinational firms before expanding into capital financing and playing a role in the enormous real estate development of Toronto, London, New York and Montréal. Through this entire period he has continued an entrepreneurial spirit as a contrarian investor with an insightful eye towards emerging markets, investment strategies and opportunities well ahead of the pack.