Jessica is Managing Director and Head of Client Management at Waratah Capital Advisors.
Jessica joined Waratah Capital Advisors in 2013, leading business development and investor relations for Client Management. With over 25 years of experience in capital markets and alternative investment strategies, she has worked on institutional trading desks at CIBC World Markets and BMO Nesbitt Burns, as well as her own consulting firm, First Element Capital.
Jessica holds an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario, has completed the Richard Ivey School of Business Investor Relations program, and is registered as a Dealing Representative. She has committed herself to service, lending her leadership skills to various non-profit organizations, including the Bruce Trail Conservancy, The Invictus Games (Vancouver 2025 & Toronto 2017), Santa Comes to Bay Street, and CIBC Run for The Cure.
In 2019, Jessica co-chaired the first-ever True Patriot Love Women’s Expedition to Baffin Island, Nunavut. Alongside a combined soldier and civilian team, they snowshoed 100km to the Arctic Circle, raising over $1 million for projects supporting the mental and physical well-being of Canadian military personnel, veterans, and their families.
In 2022, Jessica joined the Board of the 2 Intelligence Company Senate, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of past and serving intelligence soldiers and officers. In December 2024, she was appointed Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of 2 Intelligence Company, a Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve Intelligence Branch unit based in Toronto at Denison Armoury. The unit's Intelligence Officers and Operators, who work as professionals in the business community and are active in community service organizations, deploy on domestic and foreign operations, primarily responsible for tactical or combat intelligence. Recent deployments include Cyprus, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Canada.
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impacts have become integral to business and a Waratah value.
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Global long/short strategy integrating ESG factors in its investment process to identify inadvertent risk and new investment opportunities, while maintaining a positive ESG score for the entire portfolio.
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