36paths

Shawn is the Founder & CEO of 36paths. Previously, he worked at Scotiabank as a Product Manager. Prior to Scotiabank, he was a "wearer of many hats" at a Toronto-based FinTech startup called Overbond, which raised $7.5MM in seed financing to digitize the Canadian debt capital markets. As an early employee at Overbond, Shawn worked on everything from product and marketing to recruiting and sales. Before that, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, helping clients in the metals and mining sector execute M&A and financing transactions. Shawn started his career in Canada with Scotiabank - Global Banking and Markets back in 2014.

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Shawn completed the Masters of Management and Professional Accounting (MMPA) program at the University of Toronto. He holds the CFA designation and CPA (Ontario) designation. 
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In his spare time, Shawn enjoys reading, travelling and watching NBA.

Westley Nixon works in the Fixed Income group at National Bank out of their New York office, reporting directly to the Head of the desk.

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Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Nixon served as an Analyst for long and long/short equity strategies at CPP Investment Board and CI Investments, two prominent Toronto-based funds.

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In his current role, Westley manages strategic relationships with Canadian and US accounts focused on growing the sales and trading business, and he publishes a daily market letter circulated to over 100 global investors. Westley first joined National Bank in 2015 in the Equity Research division, after studying business at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. 

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In his spare time, Westley enjoys spending time in nature, 20th century history and the fine arts. He volunteers at Baruch College as a Mentor in the Executives on Campus program. 

Tina works for Scotiabank - Global Banking and Markets on the Derivatives Structuring team. Prior to that, she was in the Global Capital Markets Rotational Program at Scotiabank. She has accumulated experience in primary and secondary markets in both North America and Asia, including Sales & Trading, Equity Research and Debt Capital Markets. Previously, she interned at BMO Capital Markets as an Equities Sales & Trading Summer Analyst, as well as RBC Global Asset Management in the Investment Product Advisory Group.

Tina completed the BBA in Finance program at University of Toronto in 2017.

In her spare time, Tina is actively involved in charity initiatives. She was also a professional ballet dancer.

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Ken works for RBC in the Special Loans and Advisory Serices group as a Senior Analyst. He is primarily responsible for analysis and forming strategies for large high risk loans which are in breach of covenants or have triggered early warning signs. Previosuly he was a Senior Relationship Manager in RBC's Media and Entertainment practice. He was also a Project Manager in Business Projects and Solutions for Group Retirement at Sun Life Financial and began his career as an Infantry Officer in the Royal Canadian Regiment.

Ken graduated from The Royal Military College with a BA and graduated with an MBA and Master of Finance from Wilfrid Laurier University. He is also a CFA charterholder.

When he is not working or socializing, Ken is an avid skier, recreational boxer, and spends time with his dog.

Jason works in the Strategy/M&A - Global Wealth & Asset Management team at Manulife Investment Management. 

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Previously, he was a Strategy Consultant at EY and Novantas with industry focus in the financial sector where he advised on corporate strategy planning, commercial due diligence, and data analytics.
 
He also has internship experiences at BlackRock (strategy), Capco/KPMG (consulting), RBC Capital Markets/UBS Securities (sales & trading), and CIBC (risk management).

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Jason graduated from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in their double degree program (B. Math & BBA).

Hirsch established the Product function at FIlament AI, where his goal is helping enterprises maximize their AI capability, through defining product portfolio strategy and development.

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Previously, as Senior Product Manager at a Deloitte Venture, he grew the product management team to 5 while leading their B2B SaaS audit product from MVP through public launch.

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Prior to that, Hirsch was a Product Owner at CaseWare International, a 30+ year-old Toronto-based software company where he scaled the userbase of its first cloud product 51% YoY.

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Hirsch started his career in audit at PwC. He holds a Bachelors of Commerce in Accounting from the Sauder School of Business at UBC.