John has had a successful 33 year career in finance, investments, sustainable energy and the low-carbon economy. Prior to founding Canadian Green Fund, John was the CEO of Trillium Power Wind Corporation, the Toronto-based pioneer of offshore wind development in North America and its $2.1 Billion TPW1 far-offshore wind project.

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John was the sole Canadian delegate representing Canada’s low-carbon economy at the G8 Environment Summit in Siracusa, Italy. A keynote and/or invited speaker at numerous international conferences he was also the Ontario Government's 'Investment Champion' and Keynote Speaker at the Canadian High Commission's 'Ontario Energy Forum' in London, England.

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Earlier in his financial career John was VP and shareholder of a small mutual fund management company where he arranged, and invested in, the bulk of the equity bridge financing component that secured the purchase of $80 million in mutual funds in 1988. That initial purchase eventually took the company from obscurity, with less than $3.5 million in assets, to well over $6.3 Billion in assets under management when it was purchased by a major independent Canadian fund manager in 1999. Prior to joining the mutual fund company, John was a top investment manager at a well-known Canadian investment brokerage firm where he received numerous leadership awards.

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John was a Director with the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA), which worked with the Ontario Government to pioneer the Ontario Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009. He was a member of the Ontario Small Business Advisory Committee to the Ontario Ministry of Finance. He was the civilian co-chair of the Finance & Taxation Policy Advisory Committee and a member of the Energy Policy Advisory Committee as well as a member of other committees. In January 2004 he received the Trillium Award as the Best Policy Advisory Council Co-Chair (Finance). He was recently Co-Chair of the All-Energy Exhibition & Conference operated by Reed Elsevier (London).

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