Allan Crosbie has over 25 years experience in a broad range of investment banking activities and is acknowledged as a leader in the industry in the Canadian market. He began his career in investment banking at Wood Gundy where he became a Vice-President. He was a founding partner of Crosbie Armitage & Company, the specialty merger and acquisition firm. Upon the acquisition of Crosbie Armitage by Merrill Lynch Canada, he was appointed a Senior Vice-President and Director of that company and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. Over the years he has been a Director of a number of public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.