Biography

Mr. Rademaker has over 25 years’ experience in the financial industry, covering a multitude of areas and industries, both private and public. These include institutional and retail brokerage, principal trading, equity and debt raising, mergers and acquisitions advice and venture capital as a facilitator and principal investor.

Mr. Rademaker started his career in venture capital at the age of 16, working in his father’s firm in Vancouver, B.C. At 23 Mr. Rademaker began working on trade desk and was quickly promoted the underwriting group, managing an international trade desk with focus on trading volatility and market making for public companies.

During his underwriting years, Mr. Rademaker was responsible for multiple initial public offerings, reverse take overs and mergers related to US, Canadian and international exchanges. After approximately 15-20 years in underwriting, Mr. Rademaker transitioned to become a capital markets leader at a Canadian private equity firm and opened a Canadian office for a European trust company group. Mr. Rademaker’ focus has evolved towards helping companies and investors build risk mitigating strategies, align competing interests and perfect capital stocks. Mr. Rademaker has a B.Sc. degree in economics from Simon Fraser University.