2023 Strategic Program Speakers

Aaron is a Vice Chair, Investment & Corporate Banking and Co-Head, Energy Transition at BMO Capital Markets. Over his two decades of investment banking experience with BMO Capital Markets, his work focused on the energy infrastructure sector with an emphasis on organizations engaged in developing, constructing and operating major energy infrastructure facilities. As CoHead of the newly established Energy Transition group, Aaron is focused on implementing the group’s strategy of supporting the firm’s investment bank industry groups as they engage with clients in their energy transition endeavors.

Aaron’s investment banking experience includes advising clients on merger and acquisition transactions and opportunities and working with clients in conjunction with debt, preferred share, hybrid and equity financings. Aaron has also prepared evidence and appeared as an expert witness on behalf of regulated utilities before several Canadian regulators in connection with cost
of capital, capital structure and other regulatory matters.

Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets, Aaron was a partner at a major Canadian law firm, McCarthy Tétrault, where he practiced corporate and securities law, principally in the power and utilities sector. Aaron has an MBA and an LLB from the University of Alberta and a BA from the University of Lethbridge.