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Principals Jeffrey Brown
Laura Lenz


Vice Presidents
Sarah Goel
Feizal Satchu
Damien Steel


Associates
Felix-Etienne Lebel
Logan Middleton
Benji Sucher




  Jeffrey Brown
Principal, Equity Fund

Jeffrey joined EdgeStone in September 2003. During 2006, Jeffrey was seconded to Porter Airlines in a senior management role to support the airline’s launch. Prior to joining EdgeStone, he worked in Lehman Brothers Inc.'s investment banking group, focusing on the energy, technology and communications and media sectors where he worked on a number of advisory and equity and debt financing transactions.

Jeffrey serves on the Board of Directors of New Food Classics and as an observer to the Board of Directors of Porter Aviation Holdings, Inc. Jeffrey holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.




  Laura Lenz
Principal, Venture Fund

Laura joined EdgeStone in January 2004. Prior to joining EdgeStone, Laura worked in the Investment Banking division of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., where she worked on corporate finance and advisory transactions with communications and technology companies. Laura also worked in BMO Nesbitt Burns' private equity divisions, including BMO Halyard Partners and BMO Equity Partners.

Laura serves on the Board of Directors of pVelocity and RapidMind and is an observer on the Board of Directors of CiRBA, Shoplogix, and Varicent. Past EdgeStone portfolio companies with which Laura was involved includes Decision Dynamics (TSX-V:DDY). Laura was previously the co-chair of the Young Venture Capital Association (YVC). Laura holds an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (Dean's Honor List) and completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.






  Sarah Goel
Vice President, Equity Fund

Sarah joined EdgeStone in May 2006. Prior to joining EdgeStone, she worked as a management consultant at A.T. Kearney and Lexagon Group. She worked on a number of strategic and operational engagements, with a particular focus on the wireless communications industry.

Sarah holds a MBA from Harvard Business School where she graduated with distinction, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University where she graduated with First Class Honours.



  Feizal Satchu
Vice President, Equity Fund

Feizal joined EdgeStone in May 2006. From mid 2008 to the end of 2009, Feizal was seconded to Custom Direct as Director of Strategy & Corporate Development, working closely with the CEO & the senior management team to execute the Company’s strategic plan. Prior to joining EdgeStone, Feizal worked in Mergers & Acquisitions in RBC Capital Markets' Global Investment Banking group, where he advised on a number of buyside, sellside, restructuring and fairness opinion mandates in a variety of industries. Previously, he worked in Corporate Development at Trizec Properties.

Feizal serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of Custom Direct and Specialty Catalog. He holds an M.B.A. (Dean's Honour List) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a B.A. in Economics from McGill University.



  Damien Steel
Vice President, Venture Fund

Damien joined EdgeStone in April 2007. Prior to joining EdgeStone, Damien worked as a Manager in KPMG’s Corporate Finance group where he acted as lead Project Manager on M&A, divestiture and financing mandates. Prior to that, he worked as an Associate with RSM Richter’s Corporate Finance and Audit groups.

Damien holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree with Co-op Option from Wilfrid Laurier University, has obtained his CA designation and is a CFA charterholder.



  Felix-Etienne Lebel
Associate, Equity Fund

Felix-Etienne joined EdgeStone in January 2008. Prior to joining EdgeStone, he worked in the Investment Banking division of CIBC World Markets where he completed various mergers & acquisitions transactions in the media, telecom and consumer products industries.

Felix-Etienne holds a Bachelor of Commerce, major in finance degree from McGill University where he graduated with Great Distinction.




  Logan Middleton
Associate, Equity Fund

Logan joined EdgeStone in February 2009. Prior to joining EdgeStone, Logan worked at Ares Management LLC in Los Angeles in the Private Debt Group where he focused on middle market credit investment opportunities. He also worked at UBS Investment Bank in Los Angeles where he completed various mergers, acquisitions and leveraged finance transactions.

Logan holds a bachelor in Business Administration (with Honours) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.




  Benji Sucher
Analyst, Equity Fund

Benji joined EdgeStone in November 2009. Prior to joining EdgeStone, he worked in Transaction Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previously, Benji worked as an Associate with RSM Richter’s Audit group.

Benji is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and holds an Honors Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario where he graduated with distinction.


 

 

 

 




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