Marcus Shapiro

Background

About Marcus Shapiro

Chairman of Advisory Board at Sikeleli Travel & Expeditions, the creator of luxury ethically responsible Africa safaris and Asian adventures. Board Member, North Shore Tennis Society (Vice Chair)- from June 2021 Former Board Chair of Katipult Technology Corp (TSXV: FUND) 2017-2021; Chair Compensation & Governance Committee 2020-21; Audit Committee member 2017-21. Investor and/or Advisor at 1) Finn.ai, the white label AI-driven virtual financial assistant (chatbot) for Retail FI's and 2) Pocketed (grant platform); and Advisory Board Director of 3) CRCC Asia, the Asian internships specialists and 4) NovoBind Livestock Therapeutics, Inc, an animal health technology business. Formerly Advisory Board Director and Investor at Bit Stew Systems (massive data processing software enabling data driven automation; Internet of Things market opportunity)- sold to GE for $200mm in 2016, and Garibaldi Capital Advisors ( technology boutique advisory firm). Former Director of the West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation (2015-17) and past Trustee of West Vancouver Library. Served as Supervisory Voting Officer (BC Provincial Elections 2020) and Central Poll Supervisor (Canadian Federal Election 2021). Investment banking career with HSBC, Credit Commercial de France and Charterhouse Bank in London, UK and New York. Founder of Amethyst Corporate Finance PLC in London, UK. Corporate Lawyer with CMS Cameron McKenna. Canadian and UK Citizen: relocated from London (UK) to Vancouver (Canada) summer 2014. Specialties: M&A, corporate finance, business advisory, governance, investing, coaching.