Marcus Freeman

Marcus was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Canaccord Genuity Asia-Pacific in February, 2015.

He co-founded BGF Equities in 2008 and, following a 50% equity transaction with Canaccord Genuity Group, became the Managing Director and CEO of Canaccord Genuity Australia in 2011. Under his leadership, Canaccord Genuity’s Australian operations has successfully increased market share through an expanded service offering and diversified sector coverage, to become a top-ranked independent investment bank in Australia.

With two decades of capital markets experience, Marcus completed his B. Com and was originally recruited to the graduate program of Price Waterhouse. Some years later he relocated to London, where he worked at Sakura Bank (Foreign Exchange), Rabobank International (Foreign Exchange) and Deutsche Bank (Global Equities). He returned to Australia in 2000 to work in Bell Potter’s equities business for approximately eight years, where he built significant institutional and investment banking relationships before founding BGF Equities.