Jacques has spent 40 years in finance and during that time has been involved in over $30 billion of financings for the natural resources sector. He is currently the President and CEO of Mineral and Financial Investments Ltd., a Cayman venture capital company, and Swiss-based Mount Everest Finance SA, a company that invests in natural resource projects and companies. Prior thereto, he was Managing Director and Global Head of Metals & Mining at HSBC Bank Plc. From 1992 to 2009, he was at BMO Capital Markets, where he was Managing Director and Head of the European Equity Products business, and was part of a team that helped make BMO one of the leading mining investment banks in the world. From 1982 to 1992, he was a sell-side analyst at RBC. He is a graduate of McGill University and was one of its Trustees. Jacques is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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