Canada · Delayed Price · Currency is CAD The Westaim Corporation Company Description
The Westaim Corporation is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and indirect investments through acquisitions, joint ventures, secondary investments both direct and indirect, fund of fund investments, and other arrangements.
For direct investments, the firm invests in early venture, mezzanine, mid venture, late venture, middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, PIPEs, and buyout transactions.
For fund of fund investments, it seeks to invest in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge funds.
The firm seeks to provide long term capital to businesses operating in the global financial services industry including multi-sector holdings and specialized finance sectors.
It typically acquires controlling interests in businesses. The firm seeks to acquire debt, equity, or derivative securities of both public and private companies.
It invests with the objective of providing its shareholders with capital appreciation and real wealth preservation.
The firm seeks to provide its portfolio companies with advisory services including, but not limited to, advice on capital allocation, financing strategy, performance measurement and merger and acquisition support.
It also seeks to partner with like-minded providers of third party capital to help supplement the firm’s own capital, when completing acquisitions.
The firm generally seeks to hold its investments for 7 to 15 years. The Westaim Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Toronto, Canada with an additional office in New York, New York.
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Sector | Financials |
| Employees | 8 |
| CEO | John MacDonald |
Contact Details
Address: 70 York Street Toronto, Delaware M5J 1S9 Canada | |
| Phone | 416 969 3333 |
| Website | westaim.com |
Stock Details
| Ticker Symbol | WED |
| Exchange | TSX Venture Exchange |
| Fiscal Year | January - December |
| Reporting Currency | USD |
| ISIN Number | CA9569093037 |
| SIC Code | 6799 |
Key Executives
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John Cameron MacDonald CFA | President, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Secretary and Director |
| Glenn Garry MacNeil C.A., C.M.A., CPA, CFA, CPA | Chief Financial Officer of Westaim Canada Services Corporation |
| Richard DiBlasi | Chief Strategy Officer and Director |
| Chinh E. Chu | Executive Chairman of the Board |
| Matthew Bryant Skurbe CPA | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Risk Officer and Director |
| Stephen Lyndon Way | Chief Executive of HIIG |
| Nakul Randev | Principal |
| Cristina Nunes | Advisor |
| William R. Andrus | Advisor |