and as an institutional equity sales professional.  While in the employment of various Canadian investment banks David executed over 55 public and private oil and gas equity financings and advisory mandates for a cumulative dollar value in excess of $800MM. In 2009, David founded First Resource Capital Corp. (“FRCC”).  FRCC was a natural resource focused investment bank that was registered (until August 2016) as an Exempt Market Dealer.  FRCC's business model consisted of assisting both private and publicly listed Canadian companies (mostly natural resource exploration and development companies) raise capital (debt and/or equity) from sophisticated institutional investors  (i.e. private equity funds, hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, flow-through funds, natural resource focused funds, and investment counselors / portfolio managers, etc.).

David was awarded a Master of Business Administration (Finance Major) degree from the University of Calgary, Richard Haskayne School of Business in 1997 and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science / Economics) degree from the University of Alberta in 1991. David has also successfully completed various Canadian Securities Institute courses and exams including the Canadian Securities Course, the Conduct and Practices Course and the Partners, Directors and Senior Officers Qualifying Examination.

In 2020, David spoke on the Access To & Opportunity In Canadian Capital Markets panel at the North America Assembly.

He will be returning to the North America Energy Capital Assembly in 2022 as a keynote speaker on Unlocking Access to the Capital Markets in a World That Demands a Low Carbon Economy