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Jim Orgill
Managing Director, Advanced Technologies
Toronto
Phone: (416) 954-9861
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Jim has over 20 years of venture capital experience and now leads a team of Investment Directors focused on Advanced Technologies across Canada.
Prior to joining the BDC Venture Capital in 1996, Jim Orgill was Vice President of Innovation Ontario Corporation, which became one of the largest venture capital seed investors in technology firms in Canada. The Corporation was the 10th largest venture capital fund in the country with over $70 million dollars invested in 1994. Many of Jim's early stage investments at Innovation Ontario grew significantly and are now well known names in the business community including: Research in Motion, Certicom, Open Text, and Data Mirror.
Jim Orgill is a mechanical engineer with both Bachelor and Masters of Applied Science degrees from the University of Waterloo.
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Martial Bilodeau
Director, Venture Capital
Montréal
Phone: (514) 283-4380
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Martial has over 14 years of experience in corporate lending in the start-up and development of a variety of small and medium-sized companies. Prior to joining BDC Venture Capital in 2000, Martial was a branch manager for the BDC lending team. He headed a team of five professionals managing a loan portfolio for BDC.
Martial Bilodeau holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Université de Sherbrooke, and a Master of Science from UQAR.
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Geoff J. Catherwood
Director, Venture Capital
Vancouver
Phone: (604) 666-7055
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Geoff has 14 years experience as a professional engineer in industrial automation and process control. Prior to joining the BDC in 2001, he worked for a large multi-national industrial process automation supplier. He has diverse operational experience in the process automation industry; his experience includes field service, system commissioning, engineering, management, and sales.
Geoff Catherwood holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Simon Fraser University.
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Jacques Dénommée, CFA
Director, Venture Capital
Montréal
Phone: (514) 496-9321
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Jacques joined BDC Venture Capital in 1996. He has accumulated 20 years of corporate financing experience with small and medium-sized businesses through the BDC and CIBC. In 1997 he received the certification of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from The Association of Investment Managers and Researcher. Jacques sits on the Board of Directors of seven technology companies where he has been instrumental in the implementation of sound business practices, turn-around of difficult situations, the growth of strong revenue, and several M & A transactions.
Jacques is the President-elect of the Rotary Club of Montreal, a humanitarian association dedicated to the betterment of the living conditions of humankind within his community and around the world; and he also sits on the Board of Trustees of his local Church.
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Jean-François Giroux
Director, Venture Capital
Montréal
Phone: (514) 283-5107
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Jean-François joined BDC Venture Capital in 2001. Before joining the Bank, Jean-François was Project Manager with Honeywell and possesses over 5 years relevant experience as Project Manager in the fields of process control as well as industrial ventilation/instrumentation for both Honeywell and Preston Phipps.
Jean-François holds a Masters degree in Business Administration with a Major in Finance and Information Technology from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal.
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Tony Van Bommel
Director, Venture Capital
Halifax
Phone: (902) 426-9014
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Tony has recently joined BDC Venture Capital. He has 5 years experience as Senior Investment Manager with InNOVAcorp, a General Partner for the Nova Scotia First Fund, an early stage knowledge-based venture fund. Before joining InNOVAcorp, he worked 7 years as lawyer and Partner in the business law firm Little & Wright in London, Ontario.
Tony Van Bommel earned the Governor General's Gold Medal when he obtained his MBA from Dalhousie University. He received his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from University of Western Ontario.
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