Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Mark Shulgan

Managing Director & Head

OMERS Growth

Mark Shulgan is Managing Director and Head of OMERS Growth Equity. He currently serves on the boards of Purpose Financial, TouchBistro and Coveo.

Prior to joining OMERS, Mark helped start and then led the Thematic Investing team at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). At CPPIB, Mark oversaw a $5B investment portfolio comprised of public and private investments in technology, healthcare and consumer companies located in North America, Asia and Europe.  Prior to CPPIB, Mark was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. He began his career as an investment banker at Scotiabank. Mark also volunteers as a Board Member of the Greater Toronto YMCA and is the Chair of its Investment Committee.

Mark is a graduate of Western University where he received a Bachelor of Arts and graduated with the Gold Medal.

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Eden Rahim

Portfolio Manager, NextEdge Capital

Eden’s approach represents a progression in Investment solutions, applying options to source Income and returns through strategies not easily accessible to investors, while protecting their capital with hedges designed over his career.

Eden’s experience includes two decades of Portfolio and Hedge Fund Money Management, Options Strategist, Derivatives & Biotech Analyst and Portfolio Manager.  He has managed and traded an options book spanning 250+ securities globally and 4 commodities, with open interest of 500,000 contracts in addition to 14 Covered Call ETFs (over $0.5 Billion AUM) in Canada, US & Australia employing his dynamic options writing discipline at Horizons Exchange Traded Funds.

Eden possesses a Top Quartile 5-year, 5-Star growth fund Portfolio Manager track record on over $1 billion in assets across 4 mandates at RBC Global Asset Management.  In addition, Eden has delivered a +26% compounded annual return across a Biotechnology mandate between 1995-2003.  He also has extensive institutional hedging experience through major crises, and the structuring of Notes to create specific payoff profil

Michael Caldwell

Portfolio Manager, Senior Analyst, Driehaus

Dr. Ted Witek

Health Care Advisor and Scholar

University of Toronto & Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ted Witek is a health care advisor and scholar based in Toronto and Lisbon. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (IHPME) of The University of Toronto (UofT) and Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Pharmacy. From 2014-18, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, and Chief Scientific Officer at Innoviva in San Francisco (formerly Theravance, Inc). At Innoviva, he led the clinical and medical affairs strategic collaboration governance with GSK in their joint portfolio of inhaled products, chairing the Joint Steering Committee in 2015. Prior to joining Theravance, Dr. Witek, served as President and CEO, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) in Canada from 2008-14, and in Portugal from 2004-08. Joining BI in 1992, Dr. Witek held a number of positions of increasing responsibility during which time he led the global clinical development and launch of several respiratory products, most notably Spiriva®. He also led the Respiratory and Immunology clinical research groups in the USA. In 2001, he moved to Germany to lead the operating team for Spiriva® where he also served as the BI Chair of the Joint Operating Committee with Pfizer in their global alliance. In his early research career, he was a senior investigator at Richardson-Vicks/P&G where he advanced nasal function methodologies (acoustic reflection/ laser Doppler velocimetry), psychomotor performance testing with antihistamines, and models of acute respiratory tract infection. His current health policy work focuses on public health impact of commercial promotion of pharmaceuticals, cannabis and vaping as well as leadership and accountability during public health crises.

During his tenure in Canada, Dr. Witek served on the Board of Directors of Innovative Medicines Canada (formerly Rx&D), chairing its Heath Technology Assessment and Public Affairs Committees. He also served over 20 years on the Drug/Device Discovery and Development Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), serving as Chairman from 2010-12. Ted was also elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, The American Association of Respiratory Care, and, in 2018, among the maiden recipients named ATS Fellows. He currently serves on the ATS Foundation Strategic Advisory Council. He was appointed by the Ministries of Heath & Innovation to the Ontario Heath Innovation Council, whose work led to a 2015 ACE Award from the Ontario Government. He advises the “Design for Health” program at The Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) University, serves on the Commercialization Advisory Board of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and is a Senior fellow at Columbia University’s HITLAB. He is a regular contributor to MISC Magazine where he provides perspectives to current issues in business and health. He is currently an Advisor to and Director of several firms.

Dr. Witek holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree from Columbia University, an MPH from Yale University, and an MBA from Henley Management College in London. In 2019, Ted earned his ICD.D designation from The Rotman School of Management at UofT and The Institute of Corporate Directors. In 2020, he completed the Digital Health Strategy certificate at Columbia Business School. He completed advanced executive leadership programs at Tuck/Dartmouth and INSEAD/Paris-Shanghai. He has authored over 100 manuscripts and chapters in the field of respiratory public health, airway disease, and drug development, including the textbook Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Respiratory Care.

On a personal note, he is an accomplished photographer who publishes and exhibits widely. He frequently writes about food and wine, earning the WSET Level 3 Award in Wines. (9/2020)

Ajay Bisaria

High Commissioner of India to Canada

India Foreign Services

Ajay Bisaria has been the High Commissioner of India to Canada from March 1, 2020. He is a career diplomat who joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987.

He received his early education in Mumbai and Delhi. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the St. Stephens College, Delhi University (1980–83), a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata (1983–85) and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Princeton University, US (2008 – 09). Prior to joining the diplomatic service, Bisaria worked briefly with the American Express Bank and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), in Delhi.

After training at the Foreign Service Institute in New Delhi, Ajay Bisaria chose Russian as his language of specialization and was posted at the Indian Embassy in Moscow (1988 – 1991) where he was attached to the economic and political wings of the Embassy. He worked as a Soviet internal affairs specialist in the months leading up to the break-up of the USSR.

He served as Under Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs on the East Europe desk (1991 – 92) when India was engaged in building new relationships with the post-Soviet countries. He then moved to the Ministry of Commerce (1992- 95), in the era of economic liberalization. He contributed to a new trade policy paradigm, using his training in economics and finance as part of a team that managed a complex but successful transition of India’s trade from rupee barter arrangements to a hard currency system.

He was posted as First Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Berlin (1995–1999), where he looked after commercial matters at a time of rising economic engagement between Germany and a liberalizing India. He was also entrusted with the project for the development and construction of the now-iconic building of the Indian Embassy in Berlin in the historic Tiergarten.

Ajay Bisaria was appointed Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India in 1999, and served in this capacity till 2004. During most of this period, he was aide to the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and contributed to various economic, defence and foreign policy initiatives of the period. He attended more than 50 international meets with the Prime Minister.

Bisaria was posted to the World Bank in Washington D.C. as Advisor to the Executive Director for South Asia (2004–2008), where he worked on development projects and aid issues, contributing to corporate governance and multilateral economic diplomacy. He was involved in developing a policy approach to enhance India’s rankings in the Doing Business Reports.

In 2009, Bisaria moved to Delhi to serve as Joint Secretary (Eurasia) in the Ministry of External Affairs (2009–2014). His assignment was to head the Division coordinating overall policy and bilateral relations with the Eurasia region (including Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia). He helped articulate an ambitious policy vision for India in Central Asia (‘Connect Central Asia’) and coordinated India’s approach to six annual Indo-Russian summits. He helped articulate a coherent long-term vision of the India-Russia ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’. He also worked on India’s policy approach to multilateral entities like SCO and the Russia – India – China trilateral dialogue.

He was India’s Ambassador to Poland, based in Warsaw, with concurrent accreditation to Lithuania from January 2015 to November, 2017. During his stint there, he focused on forging strong economic partnerships, while deepening India’s cultural footprint. He also served as India’s representative in the Warsaw-based Community of Democracies.

From December 2017 to February 2020, Ajay Bisaria served as the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan. He helped establish linkages for India to engage with a new Pakistan government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was involved in furthering various initiatives including the Kartarpur Corridor. He returned to India when Pakistan downgraded the diplomatic relationship in August 2019.

He assumed office as High Commissioner of India in Canada on 1^st March 2020.

He holds the rank of Secretary to Government of India. He was part of the team representing India at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva in September 2019, for a successful outreach on India’s human rights record.

Bisaria has published and lectured on issues of trade, finance and diplomacy with a focus on South Asia, Eurasia and Central Asia. He is fluent in Hindi, English and Russian; and has working knowledge of German, Polish and Urdu. He has a deep interest in yoga, plays golf and enjoys reading. He is married to environmentalist and writer, Bharati Chaturvedi, the founder of the NGO, Chintan.