First Mining Gold: A Conversation With Canaccord Genuity’s Jaime Carrasco

Dan Wilton has 25 years of experience in M&A, corporate finance and principal investing in the mining sector, having executed as principal or advised on more than $10 billion of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and more than $1 billion of financings. Dan was most recently a Partner at Pacific Road Capital Management, a mining-focused private equity investment firm with approximately $800 million under management. Prior to joining Pacific Road, Dan’s previous roles included Managing Director and Head of the Global Mining and Metals Group at National Bank Financial Inc.; Managing Director in Business Development at General Electric based in London, England; and other corporate finance and M&A roles at global financial institutions based in Toronto and New York. Dan currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and is Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee for Providence Health Care in Vancouver, Canada. Dan holds a B.Comm (First Class Honours) from Queens University and an MBA (with Distinction) from INSEAD in France.

As a Canadian investment professional with over 25 years of experience providing wealth management and investment counsel to individuals, affluent family offices, businesses and institutions both in Canada and Latin America, Jaime has garnered a reputation for questioning and challenging the status quo, and exploring the most innovative investment strategies. As a frequent contributor to the mainstream media, Jaime offers a contrarian perspective on the global, financial and geo-political landscape helping investors adapt to hidden opportunities and risks, and best position client portfolios to thrive early from volatility in the global system.