Don G. Roberts is the CEO of Nawitka Capital Advisors, a firm that provides advice on strategic direction and raises capital for companies in the renewable energy, clean technology, and forest products industries, with a focus on creating a circular economy He has more than 30 years experience in the financial services sector, and is recognized as a global thought leader in both the Forest Industry and emerging Bioeconomy. Selected events in his career include:‒ From 2018-present has been Director on multiple corporate and not-for-profit Boards of Directors. -In 2016 he served as Adjunct Scholar at the China Center for Energy & Development at Peking University‒ In 2015 he was appointed a Mentor to the non-partisan Pierre Trudeau Foundation.- In 2013 he founded Nawitka Capital Advisors Inc.‒ In 2012, he was chosen by Corporate Knights Magazine as the individual in the Financial Services sector who contributed the most to sustainable development in Canada.- In 2010 he was appointed Vice-Chair of Investment Banking at CIBC Capital Markets, where he founded and led the cross-functional Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Team.‒ In 2006, he was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the Best Brokerage Analysts in N. America.‒ Between 1997-2008, he was ranked seven times as the #1 Paper and Forest Products Analyst in Canada by institutional investors surveyed by Brendon Woods and/or Greenwich Associates.