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Congratulations to Chelsea Stellick for being among the recipients of this year’s Women in Capital Markets (WCM) Emerging Leaders Award. The award recognizes finance industry leaders who demonstrate a commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion. Visit the WCM website to read the press release.

We are very pleased to welcome Leon Aghazarian, who joins us as Managing Director and Head of Institutional Sales. Leon was previously Executive Director of Equity Sales at CIBC Capital Markets. Among other accomplishments, in this role he led the development of a new business platform with the largest pension fund in Quebec. Prior to CIBC, Leon was Vice-President & Equity Research Analyst at National Bank Financial, covering over 40 small/mid-cap companies. He began his career as an Equity Research Analyst with the capital markets division of iA Securities, which in 2021 was rebranded as iA Capital Markets. Leon holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance from the University of Sherbrooke and an MSc. in international finance and capital markets from Brighton University in the UK.

We are very pleased to announce that Ron Stewart will be joining us as Director & Equity Research Analyst, Metals & Mining, effective July 4, 2022. He will be responsible for further developing our mining research division. Ron brings more than 30 years of experience in the mining and capital markets industries. Ron covered mining companies for eight years in sell-side research roles, and has held executive and board positions with several mining companies. Ron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and is a member of the Professional Geoscientists Association of Ontario. He will be based in Toronto.