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Opawica Explorations Inc. Announces Appointment of Mr. David Taylor as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 11, 2017) - Opawica Explorations Inc....
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[{"type":"text","content":"Opawica Explorations Inc. Announces Appointment of Mr. David Taylor as President, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 11, 2017) - Opawica Explorations Inc. (TSXV: OPW) (the \"Company\") announces the appointment of Mr. David Taylor as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company. Mr. Taylor has over 25 years experience in financial markets in Asia, the USA and Canada. His experience includes securing finance personnel in Tokyo and the recruiting of executives for firms such as Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs.He has held positions with Thomson Reuters (Tokyo) in marketing US software products to clients such as The Bank of Japan, LTCM (Tokyo), and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, as well as Private Equity benchmarking contract with the Japanese government, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Mr. Taylor has worked in San Francisco, CA, where he managed relationships with Private Equity Firms in the Western USA, focused on Californian Venture Capitalists. In 1996, Mr. Taylor and his team launched the first Venture Capital database for the US National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), and he was instrumental in the research and coordination of clients such as Intel Capital, In-Q-Tel, Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins, and Microsoft Ventures.Mr. Taylor was a member of a boutique provider of alternative asset management applications for domestic and international institutions and family offices. His clients included the Rockefeller Foundation, CALPERS, CALSTERS, UTIMCO, Princeton University, Stanford University, Cascade Investments (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), MSD Capital (Michael Dell), Mousse Capital (Chanel Family) and the Hewlett Foundation.In 2007, Mr. Taylor founded a financial advisory service which evolved into an Exempt Market Dealer (EMD), one of the first in British Columbia. Using this EMD platform he conducted financings and marketing Canadian junior companies in the resource and technology sectors. He holds a BBA in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.Mr. Ferdynand (Fred) Kiernicki has resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer but will remain as a director and exploration contractor of the Company.The Company has allocated 1,019,000 incentive stock options to directors and consultants of ...