Mr. Vejvoda has leadership responsibility for MGI’s technology practice. Mr. Vejvoda has close to 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, most recently in corporate finance/investment banking where he built a profitable employee-owned business, Jove Capital, advising Canadian technology companies, their boards and their shareholders. Between 1997 and 2003, Joe served as an equity research analyst with TD Securities, National Bank Financial and LOM, in each instance providing equity research coverage to high technology companies. Mr. Vejvoda has a background in computer science, having graduated from Queen’s University with a B.Sc degree.
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Mr. O'Connell joined MGI Securities' Calgary office as Managing Director, Investment Banking in 2007. Mr. O'Connell career spans almost 20 years experience in the energy sector and energy-related financial services. Prior to MGI, Brendan served for several years in Corporate Finance in the energy group of the Calgary office of a national brokerage where he worked on equity financings, advised on a number of mergers & acquisitions and completed multiple fairness opinions and valuations. Prior to that, Brendan worked in private equity and also spent several years at a bank-owned dealer in Toronto. Mr. O'Connell has a background in engineering, having built a successful turnkey consulting practice in Calgary and also worked with NOVA Chemicals and Schlumberger during the early part of his career. Mr. O'Connell holds a B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta, an MBA from the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey School of Business and is a CFA charterholder.
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Mr. Syme joined MGI Securities in 2003 and is currently Vice President of Syndication. Mr. Syme has in excess of 7 years of Equity Capital Markets experience. Mr. Syme began his career in Equity Capital Markets at Dundee Securities. He is responsible for managing the structuring, syndication, marketing, and distribution of all of the Firm’s Public Issues and Private Placements. Mr. Syme holds a Commerce degree from Ryerson University.
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