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As a Private Investor and Startup Consultant, my investment philosophy centers around three key elements: people, product, and market. People: I prioritize founders who are users of their own products and services. Industry experience is less important to me than a deep understanding of what the market truly needs—a perspective often best gained by experiencing the problem firsthand.Product: I look for products that act as direct solutions to significant problems—akin to an "Advil for a headache," rather than just a supplement. The product should focus on solving one very specific problem; I believe that trying to address multiple issues often leads to dilution of effort and impact. For me, being everywhere is effectively being nowhere.Market: My focus is on very small, niche markets rather than broad, trendy industries with a large Total Addressable Market (TAM). I prefer to invest in a company that is one of a few competitors in its space rather than one competing against thousands. This approach minimizes risk and avoids the uncertainties of crowded, highly competitive sectors.My investments include companies in fintech, biotech, healthcare, and mining.

- Negotiate and close merchant deals weekly, consistently surpassing target conversion goals by customizing payment solutions to specific business needs and conducting detailed analyses of their statements to identify and eliminate fee inefficiencies.- Ensure compliance and maintain a competitive edge by excelling in navigating fintech legal and regulatory frameworks, and providing expert consultations to optimize merchant payment systems.- Rapidly adapt and excel in the fintech sector, swiftly surpassing performance benchmarks as a newcomer.

• Spearheaded diverse fundraising initiatives for publicly traded companies in sectors such as energy, mining, commercial real estate (REITs), biotech, AI, and financial services, with market caps between $5M and $120M across Canada, the US, and Europe.• Conducted detailed risk and opportunity assessments, alongside in-depth due diligence, to analyze market positioning and industry trends.• Successfully pitched investment opportunities to institutional investors in North America, leveraging strong presentation skills.• Delivered bi-weekly strategic insights and reports to company executives, aiding in decision-making processes.• Engaged directly with client companies to monitor operational progress, enabling informed consultations with company management and effective collaboration with portfolio managers and investors.

Co-founded and served as CEO of Hestia, a fin-tech company that provided cross-border payments and currency conversions for international students paying rent in Canada

Investment Banking firm specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Managed a $1 million virtual fund and raising money for children's mental health. Ended up being top 20% performer in the competition (portfolio Management) that happened across Canada.

• Represented over 7000 undergraduate JMSB students and acted as their bestinterest in CASA JMSB Board of Directors• Oversaw CASA and its Subsidiaries (14 in total) to ensure they are working in the bestinterest of all JMSB students• Made decisions on the Finance Committee, controlled subsidiaries' budgets and financialplans, approved/rejected and modified their budgetary strategies• Made decisions on the Policy Committee and considered legal and policy matters that fellwithin each of the associations’ mandate

• Maintained all accounting databases• Recorded accounting transactions by preparing Journal Entries• Introduced and used an accounting software (wave accounting) to prepare quarterly incomestatements• Collaborated with team members and other portfolios

• Built a B2B marketing strategy through our social media platforms• Led my team to serve companies in a quicker and more effective way by using Sales- Force tocategorize data efficiently• Organized weekly discussions over the recent feedbacks from the companies and our overallperformance that led to 20% increase in satisfaction and 10% increase for their next yearmonetary sponsorship• Added value for partners by analyzing their current issues, and assisted them by providinginternational talents to their organization through internship opportunities

- Built new strategies to find sponsors for AIESEC Quebec Regional Conference ( including over 150 students from 6 universities in Quebec ) .

• Obtained Global Talent opportunities that matched students’ career path.• Interviewed the selected applicants, and identified their strengths to decide for which work-relatedthe field they would be the best fit• Managed customer experience (including time abroad) and held consultations with leads(potential Exchange Participants) to improve their performance in another country