Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner

Gil joined EdgeStone in May 1999 as a co-founder. Prior to joining EdgeStone, he was the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Eladdan Capital Partners, a Toronto-based private equity fund targeting middle-market Canadian and U.S. companies. He also founded Eladdan Enterprises, a boutique investment bank specializing in providing buy-side mergers and acquisitions advice to Canadian and U.S. companies, particularly on cross-border acquisitions and investments. Gil has previously worked at Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, McKinsey & Company and Clairvest Group Inc.

Gil currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aurigen Re Capital Limited, BreconRidge Corporation, Continental Alloys & Services, Stephenson’s Rental Services and Specialty Catalog Corporation and is a member of the Board of Directors of Mitel Networks Corporation. He is a former Chairman of Hair Club Group, BFI Canada and Farley Windows and was previously a director of Alliance Films, Eurospec Manufacturing, Trimaster Manufacturing and Xantrex Technology.

Gil holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where he attended on a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and graduated as a Baker Scholar and winner of the John L. Loeb Fellowship in Finance. He was the Gold Medalist in his graduating class at the University of Toronto where he attended on the J.W. Billes Scholarship earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics. Gil is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations. He was recognized in 2003 as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40, was nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in 2006 and in 2007 and is a member of the Young President's Organization (YPO).