Dan Daviau

Principal, Genuity Capital Markets

Dan is a principal and founder of Genuity Capital Markets, Canada 's newest leading independent investment bank. Prior to which time, Mr. Daviau was Co-head of Investment Banking at CIBC World Markets which he initially had joined in 1991.  At CIBC World Markets, Mr. Daviau had been Head of its Media and Telecommunications Group since 2000 and Head of the Technology Investment Banking Group in Canada since 1997.Dan  has extensive experience in a broad range of financing transactions and mergers and acquisitions assignments. Equity offering experience includes public or private financings of many of Canada 's leading technology, media and telecom companies including offerings for:, CHUM, Rogers , Workbrain, BCE Emergis, GEAC, Mitel, Sierra Wireless, RIM, Call-Net,  Mosaid, Hummingbird, Tundra, Celestica, JDS Uniphase, and others.  M&A experience is substantial having advised on in excess of US$50 billion of transactions in the past few years Dan holds an MBA from York University , an LL.B from Osgoode Hall/York University and a B.A. (Math and Statistics) from the University of Western Ontario .