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John Bradlow
jbradlow@penfund.com | 416-645-3799

John, a chartered accountant and graduate of the Harvard Business School, has been active in investment, commercial and merchant banking for over 35 years. As a senior executive of the Bank of Montreal, he was responsible at various stages for the Bank's corporate finance, project finance and international activities. Subsequently he founded Private Equity Management Corporation (Pemco) which operated as a specialist manager of institutional funds invested in small and mid-sized enterprises. In 1998, Penfund Management Limited, a subsidiary of CIBC, acquired Pemco. After having been sold by the CIBC in 2000, Penfund became an independent entity now owned by John and three other partners.

John has acted as a witness to the National Energy Board, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and the Senate Banking Committee. He served for many years as a director of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and has served as a director of several public and private companies.

 
















Barry Yontef
byontef@penfund.com | 416-645-3800

Barry has more than 25 years of diverse operating and transaction experience in public and private debt and equity markets. Barry began his career with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (now CIBC World Markets) and became head of the Bank's Project Financing Group. He later joined Burns Fry Limited (now BMO Nesbitt Burns) and specialized in public market corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring advisory work. He subsequently went into merchant banking and then joined Private Equity Management Corporation several years prior to its acquisition by Penfund.

Barry has a B.Com. from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

 

Richard Bradlow
richard@penfund.com | 416-645-3794

Richard has more than 14 years of experience as an investor, financial advisor and entrepreneur. As an investment banker with Scotia Capital he specialized in debt and equity financings and merger and acquisition mandates. His work focused on corporate clients in the communications, media, and technology sectors. Prior to joining Scotia Capital, Richard co-founded a successful retail and distribution business.

Richard has a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He is a Director of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, a Trustee of The Bishop Strachan School Foundation and a former Director of The Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation.

 

Adam Breslin
abreslin@penfund.com | 416-645-3796

Adam has more than 13 years of experience as a strategy consultant, entrepreneur and investor. He began his career as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, where he provided strategic and operational consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. Adam later joined Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., where he was as an equity analyst covering the media and publishing sectors. He then served as CEO of Excentia, a venture-capital backed e-learning and corporate training company that he co-founded. Immediately prior to joining Penfund, Adam was an investment professional at Imperial Capital, a mid-market oriented private equity fund.

Adam has a B.A. from McGill University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School. He is a Director of Gesco Industries Inc.

 

Nancy Turnbull
nturnbul@penfund.com | 416-645-3793

Nancy has more than 13 years of administrative/operations experience in the financial industry. Nancy began her career with Private Equity Management Corporation which was subsequently acquired by Penfund. She is responsible for management of Penfund's back office, including management information systems, payroll, banking relations, money market investments, accounting, reporting and general liaison with institutional investors and investee companies.

Nancy has an Hon. BSc. from Laurentian University.

 

Justin Dumitrescu
jdumitrescu@penfund.com | 416-645-3797

Prior to joining Penfund, Justin worked in the Investment Banking division of Scotia Capital where he was involved in M&A and financing transactions across a variety of industries.

Justin holds a HBA degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

 

Ari Kopolovic
akopolovic@penfund.com | 416-645-3795

Prior to joining Penfund, Ari worked at Cormark Securities in investment banking, where he was involved in listing transactions, financings, and M&A mandates. He also worked as a research associate covering large-cap financial institutions. Ari has prior experience at OMERS Private Equity in Toronto and Macquarie Capital Funds in London, UK, where he worked in the Airports division.

Ari has a B.A. and a J.D. from University of Toronto, and a Masters in Management from the Judge Business School at Cambridge University.

 

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