M&A Club Canada
Eric Cardinal is a seasoned investment banking professional with extensive experience in strategic advisory roles. Currently serving as a Strategic Advisor to the CEO at Optionality since September 2024, Cardinal has been an Advisory Board Member and Senior Vice-President at M&A Club Canada since February 2009. Previous positions include Partner at Oaklins E. Canada, where expertise was applied in mid-market M&A, and Senior Director at Velocity Trade, specializing in currency trading and cash management services. Cardinal has also held leadership roles at IJW & Co., Ltd., and IJW Capital, along with significant positions at Scotiabank and Alternative Capital Group Inc. Cardinal holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from HEC Montréal and completed the Canadian Securities Course through the Canadian Securities Institute.
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M&A Club Canada
The M&A Club is the largest association for M&A and financing professionals in Canada. Our network of 14 Chapters represents over 1500 members and 200 organizations actively involved in the transactional space. Our mission is to bring together all parties involved in mid-market transactions to facilitate deal-making. Each Club holds 10 roundtable meetings where members propose and discuss their mandates confidentially. Since 2009, the M&A Club has become a proven source of deal origination leading to $3 Billion in closed transactions. The M&A Club hosts the M&A Awards Gala in Toronto and Montreal, the annual landmark event that celebrates the best transactions of the year.