Time to chart my next Adventure
With the fifth anniversary of CIBC’s acquisition of Wellington Financial now in the rear-view mirror, I’ve decided that it’s the appropriate time to chart my next adventure. The opportunity I’ve had has been as...
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Recapping a busy 2016
As everyone tries to get their email inbaskets down to a manageable level, I thought I’d take this opportunity to review our firm’s 2016. Although we committed more capital than any other time in...
Career Posting: Business Development Manager
With the recently announced Fifth Fund and new $900 million investment program, the team at Wellington Financial is looking to add someone in a Business Development role. Think sales, networking, technology scouting as much...
John Scott: there's always a cubicle for you at Wellington Financial
An open letter to John Scott, an Edmonton-born Engineer currently residing in St. John’s, NFLD: What a few weeks you’ve had! To be honest, I only got to watch a bit of the NHL...
Western Engineering student receives Wellington Financial's Award in Technology Evaluation & Analysis
Congratulations are in order! Laura Perry, an Engineering student at Western University, is the inaugural recipient of the Wellington Financial LP Award in Technology Evaluation and Analysis. Given our deep connection to the Canadian...
Wellington Financial's latest investor return data
A member of our Advisory Council thinks we can do a better job getting our “story” out there. Since the point of having such a body is to take their advice, may I present...
Media confuse "construction cost" with "taxpayer cost" on Gordie Howe project
The fallout continues in the wake of the Federal government’s decision to release, without context, a Prime Ministerial briefing note regarding the Gordie Howe International Bridge project (see prior post “Gordie Howe’s mysterious $3.5...
Charging into 2016 with vim and vigour
I’m not sure exactly when the blogging started to tail off…. The peak for posting was 2007, when our team hit an average of almost two posts a day; that was a particularly “exciting”...
Gordie Howe's mysterious $3.5 billion cost increase
It has been about 100 hours since the end of my time as Chairman of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (see prior post “On the launch pad: The Gordie Howe International Bridge ” Dec. 16-15),...
On the launch pad: The Gordie Howe International Bridge
The clock is running down on my role as Chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, and with a new $300 million venture fund to deploy…not a moment too soon. When the new Minister of...
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