Fireside Chat with John Montalbano
Event Information
About this Event
TiE Vancouver is thrilled to host Angel Investor John Montalbano, in conversation with Maninder Dhaliwal, chair TiE Angels Vancouver!
John will be speaking about startups and fundraising. During Q&A, the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions of the speaker.
Fireside Chat 9:30am - 10:15am
Q&A 10:15am - 10:45am
Speaker Bio
John is an angel investor, director and Chair of numerous early life cycle businesses, across numerous industries in British Columbia, and formerly served as a mentor at UBC Creative Destruction Lab.
John currently serves on the board of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Aritzia, AbCellera, and Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals.
He is the former CEO of RBC Global Asset Management managing over $370 billion in assets.
John's community involvement includes serving as a board member at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, The BC Achievement Foundation, Windmill Microlending (in support of skilled immigrants and refugees), and is the current Chair of St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation. His past roles include Chair of the UBC Board of Governors, Trustee of the Killam Trusts, Director of the Investment Committee of The Canada Council for the Arts, Chair for the Vancouver Public Library Capital Campaign, and the recent past Chair of The Vancouver Police Foundation.
John holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and a Bachelor of Commerce, with Honours from the University of British Columbia, and an Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
About TiE Vancouver
TiE-Vancouver is a not-for-profit B.C. organization with a mission to foster and support entrepreneurship. We are the BC chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) - founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by successful entrepreneurs and professionals with roots in the Indus region. TiE is spread over 72 chapters in 17 countries with over 20,000 Members and 3,000 plus Charter Members - entrepreneurs, VCs, Private Equity, Angels, and service providers. Our goal is to bridge Canadian entrepreneurs to global investors, and to provide Canadian investors access to global startups by leveraging the world's most extensive entrepreneurial network.
TiE holds regular networking and educational events throughout the year - most of which are open to public.
This event is part of the TiE Talks series - an initiative of TiE Angels Vancouver where we host active investors and entrepreneurs who've recently raised, to de-mystify startup financing and capital raising.
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