FirePower Capital
Adam Kowal, CA(SA), has a diverse work experience in the field of corporate finance, accounting, and consulting. Adam recently joined FirePower Capital as a Corporate Finance Manager, focusing on private equity investments. Prior to this, Adam worked at PKF Advisory as a Corporate Finance (Transactions) Manager, where they supported merger and acquisition transactions, capital raisings, and provided related corporate finance services to clients worldwide. Before that, they served as a Manager in Group Finance at Accounting and Financial Advisory, overseeing various projects and operational areas. Adam also gained experience as a Senior Consultant at the same company. Adam started their career as an Audit Senior at EY, where they worked for three years. Additionally, they have worked as a Management Consultant at CrossCountry Consulting, providing assurance services in the Asset Management Division. Adam's expertise lies in financial statement analysis, network engagement, and performance improvement.
Adam Kowal, CA(SA), obtained their Bachelor of Accounting Sciences degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, where they studied Accounting, Auditing, Tax, Finance, and Management Accounting. Adam attended the university from 2011 to 2014.
In 2015, they completed a Postgraduate Higher Diploma in Accounting (Honors without Thesis) at the University of the Witwatersrand. This diploma covered various subjects such as Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Taxation, and Management Accounting.
Before attending university, Adam Kowal studied at King David Linksfield from 2005 to 2010. However, the degree or field of study during this period is unknown.
Adam Kowal has also obtained additional certifications. In 2016, they passed the Initial Test of Competence (1st time pass) from SAICA CA(SA). In 2018, they passed the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC-1st time pass) from the same institution. Adam'smost recent certification is the Chartered Accountancy (SA), which they obtained in November 2020.
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FirePower Capital
FirePower Capital advises and invests in Canada’s entrepreneurs, helping them complete mission-critical transactions, such as acquiring a competitor, selling to a strategic buyer, or financing their growth with our own or our partners’ capital. We started FirePower Capital with a single thought in mind: give lower mid-market companies access tothe same level of sophisticated transactional advice that is only available to larger companies; reason is, investment banks in Canada do not “scale down” from headline-grabbing deals.As a team we have created a next-generation investment bank specifically for lower mid-market companies. Since 2012, we have brought together a diverse and dynamic team of deal-makers, marketers, entrepreneurs, engineers, and developers to execute on the vision.We have challenged the ways investment banks traditionally do deals: for example, we have created a cross-functional team in which experts fulfill a specific component of each deal; we have written new software that has allowed us to advance multiple deals simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail; we have built new, active networks that connect Canadian businesses with relevant buyers, investors, and lenders worldwide.We are determined to win in the lower mid-market, where no-one thinks it is feasible to grow a successful investment bank. Our people will continue to disrupt the ways deals get done in Canada with their results-driven attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, and confidence to say “we can do this better”.