Jeff Parks

Chief Executive Officer & Director

Stack Capital Group Inc.

Jeff brings over a decade of investment industry and portfolio management experience to Stack, having successfully co-managed various North American strategies including long/short equity, a high conviction ‘best ideas’ mandate, in addition to a yield-based Fund. During his career, Jeff has actively invested across the capital structure, including high yield credit, convertible notes, preferred debt, public equity (both long & short), and private equity.  Through an extensive research and due diligence process, Jeff has specialized in identifying compelling public and private company investment opportunities and has collaboratively worked alongside management teams to help grow business operations and increase shareholder value. Jeff is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business and is a CFA charter holder.

Kamal Hassan

Managing Partner

Loyal VC

Kamal Hassan is a Managing Partner of Loyal VC, a global venture fund with a unique investing process designed to drive excess returns with lower volatility. Loyal’s gate-stage process involves monthly diligence calls with portfolio companies over years, with the top 2% of the portfolio each month offered next, progressively larger, stages of funding. The fund is broadly diversified, with almost 300 investments, in 50+ countries globally, across industry sectors, made across the economic cycle. Deals are almost exclusively sourced through global partnerships with INSEAD and the Founder Institute accelerator. Value is added by Loyal’s proprietary network of over 1,000 people, who share in the fund’s carry. Loyal’s process and diversification is enabled by the fund’s open-ended structure, with quarterly repricing and liquidity opportunities.

Prior to Loyal, Kamal had a 20-year career as an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor, following time as a consultant with Bain. Outside activities included serving as president of the INSEAD Canadian alumni association, and working as a Global Director with the Founder Institute. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA, a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University, has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Anthony Faiella

Senior Vice President

AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada Inc.

Anthony has almost 30 years of experience in the investment industry. Anthony was a licensed portfolio manager and worked extensively with high-net-worth individuals. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute. He earned an MBA from the Schulich School of Business and a CPA from the State of Illinois. Anthony spent 5 years as an Executive-in-Residence at the Schulich School of Business, where he oversaw the student-run investment fund, working with students to guide and mentor them as they manage an actual investment portfolio. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House in Toronto, sits on the Audit and Finance Committee and is Chair of the RMH Investment Committee.

Neil Andrew

Managing Director

Overbay Capital Partners

Neil Andrew is a Managing Director at Overbay Capital Partners and is a member of the investment team. Prior to Overbay, Neil was a senior member of Setter Capital, where he acted as an advisor on private equity secondaries for financial institutions globally. Neil was also a portfolio manager and partner of a long-short equity hedge fund, Sevenoaks Capital. Neil holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Jason Landau

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Investment Team

Waratah Capital Advisors

Jason joined Waratah Capital Advisors in 2010. Jason is the Lead Portfolio Manager on the Waratah Alternative ESG fund and Co-Portfolio Manager on Waratah One and Waratah One X. Jason also leads the investment team.

Prior to Waratah, Jason worked at TD Securities as an Associate in Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets. During his time at TD, Jason was involved in domestic mergers and acquisitions, as well as the structuring and pricing of equity securities, convertible debentures, and preferred shares. Jason received an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario

Mike Quinn

Principal, Senior Advisor (former CIO)

RP Investment Advisors LP

Mike co-founded RP Investment Advisors LP (RPIA) in 2009 and is currently involved in an advisory capacity as Senior Advisor. Mike sits on the Investment Committee, ESG Committee, and Risk Committee. Previously, he was the firm’s Chief Investment Officer and was responsible for formulating and implementing the firm’s investment strategy across the funds.

Mike is a former Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets and during his 15 years at the bank, he held increasingly senior roles, including managing the global credit trading business and the global structured credit business. Mike brings to RPIA an expert knowledge of the global credit markets coupled with extensive experience in managing credit risk exposures across multi-billion dollar portfolios. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets, Mike worked for a leading Toronto-based real estate developer as a Leasing Manager.

Mike holds a BComm from Queen’s University and an MBA from the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Smith School of Business and is involved with several charitable organizations, including being a Board Member for Beat the Streets Toronto and sitting on the Quinn Family Future Foundation Board.

Jonathan Colligan

Principal & Portfolio Manager

Westcourt Capital Corporation

As a registered Portfolio Manager, Jonathan provides investment advisory services to Westcourt Capital Corporation’s clients. Jonathan’s core responsibility is to construct, implement, monitor,and rebalance diversified alternative investment portfolios that will achieve specific investment objectives.

Since the onset of his career in 2006, he has been involved in determining investment suitability and conducting due diligence on a wide range of asset classes from private equity and real estate to hedge funds and structured products.  

Prior to joining Westcourt, Jonathan was a Director at UBS Bank (Canada), where he was avoting member of the Bank’s Investment Committee.

Jonathan earned a BA (Honours) in Economics from Queen’s University and is a CFACharterholder.

Joseph Borda

SVP, Head of Research, Americas at Preqin

Preqin

Joseph Borda (Joe) is SVP, Head of Research, Americas at Preqin, the industry’s leading source of data, insights, and solutions across alternative assets. Joe is responsible for Preqin’s Americas data offerings, including the implementation and future advancement of the database. He is a Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from Syracuse University.

Ida Khajadourian

Portfolio Manager, Investment Advisor

Richardson Wealth

For over 20 years, Ida has worked closely with Institutions, Family Offices, wealthy entrepreneurs, and high net worth families building trusted relationships and delivering a high level of holistic Wealth Management services.

Ida’s beliefs include the importance of estate planning, tax minimization, capital preservation and evolutionary portfolio construction using alternative strategies to achieve consistent absolute returns with a risk reward-oriented approach.

Ida obtained a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Toronto with specialization in Finance and major in Economics. Ida is a multi award winning Portfolio Manager and obtained her Chartered Alternative Investment Advisor (CAIA®) designation in 2005.

James Burron

Co-founder & Partner

CAASA

James co-founded CAASA in response to industry support for a Canadian alternatives association to serve all aspects including: hedge / alternative strategies; liquid alternatives; private lending; private real estate; private equity; plus emerging areas where Canada is a leader such as digital assets / blockchain and robo-advisors.

Prior to CAASA, James was the Chief Operating Officer of AIMA Canada where his team of three worked with 12 committees to produce 50-60 events per annum across Canada, organized 100+ committee meetings, and increase member numbers over his 7-year tenue from 66 to 164 corporate entities.

James currently sits on the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee (CIFSC), which categorizes mutual funds and alternative mutual funds (aka liquid alternatives) for the retail space in Canada. He is also called upon by membership and industry groups to speak to risk ratings and portfolio placement of all types of alternative investments.

James also has experience in research and writing for the CAIA Association (holding the designation since 2006) as well as serving on CAIA’s exam council and as a well as other duties. He had roles in institutional sales and FoHF structuring in Seoul, South Korea, as a Product Manager at ICICI Wealth Management, and as an Investment Advisor at RBC Dominion Securities. James graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BBA (Finance).