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Michael Brown

Chairman

 

Michael Brown is an entrepreneur who has been in the Canadian venture capital industry for more than 40 years.  He is Co-Founder (in 2001) and Chairman of the Board of Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital.  Mr. Brown was previously co-founder and President of Ventures West Capital Ltd., which became Canada's largest private early-stage technology fund.

 

Mr. Brown has been directly involved in several early stage companies in this mandate area.  Notably, he was the first venture investor in Ballard Power Systems, Inc. in 1987 and remained on its Board until 1998. He was a co-founder and Director of Cellex Power Products, Inc., and was a Director of Questair Technologies Inc.  and other private companies, some of which he also co-founded. He was also the first venture investor and Chair of MDI Mobile Data International Inc., an early wireless data products company, a Director of MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. and several other public companies. He was a Co-Founder of Hydrogen &  Fuel Cells Canada, and of the Canadian Task Force on Early Stage Funding, and has been on several government committees on technology and securities matters.  Mr. Brown is a published author and speaker on topics such as climate change, alternate energy technology, and venture capital.

 

Mr. Brown graduated from UBC in 1960, BA (Hons Economics). He attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (BA (PPE) 1962). In 2000, the Science Council of BC named Mr. Brown as the winner of the Cecil Green Award for Entrepreneurialism, and the following year the Vancouver Board of Trade named him one of eight B.C. Pioneers of Innovation.  In 2005 he received the “Pioneer Award” from the Cleantech Venture Network.

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Michael BrownMichael Brown

    Michael Brown

    Chairman

  • Wal van LieropWal van Lierop

    Wal van Lierop

    President & CEO

  • Richard MacKellarRichard MacKellar

    Richard MacKellar

    Managing Director

  • Mike ShermanMike Sherman

    Mike Sherman

    Managing Director

  • Mike WalkinshawMike Walkinshaw

    Mike Walkinshaw

    Managing Director and CFO

  • Charles HaythornthwaiteCharles Haythornthwaite

    Charles Haythornthwaite

    Vice President, Investments

  • James ChepyhaJames Chepyha

    James Chepyha

    Vice President of Investments, Alberta

  • James WellsJames Wells

    James Wells

    Associate

  • Osman MalikOsman Malik

    Osman Malik

    Associate

  • Wendy LeongWendy Leong

    Wendy Leong

    Director of Finance

  • Brady FletcherBrady Fletcher

    Brady Fletcher

    Director, Strategic Relations

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