Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dan Daviau was appointed Chairman of Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. on August 9, 2024 and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since October 1, 2015.
Mr. Daviau also serves as Chairman of Canaccord Genuity Corp (Canada), served as Chief Executive Officer of Canaccord Genuity Corp. (Canada) from October 2015 to June 2023, and President of Canaccord Genuity’s North American capital markets business from February 2015. From 2012 to 2015, he was President of the firm’s US Capital Markets business, where he helped to structure the firm’s investment banking, research, sales, and trading operations in the region and improve cross-border capabilities. From 2010 to 2012, he was Head of Investment Banking for Canaccord Genuity. Before the Canaccord/Genuity merger that was announced in 2010, Mr. Daviau was a Principal and Founder of Genuity Capital Markets, where he held a variety of senior roles since 2005.
Before 2005, Mr. Daviau was Co-Head of Investment Banking at CIBC World Markets, a firm he joined in 1991. While at CIBC World Markets, he also served as the Head of the Media and Telecommunications Group since 2000 and Head of the Technology Investment Banking Group in Canada since 1997.
Having started his career as a securities lawyer with Goodman & Co., Dan has extensive experience in a broad range of financing transactions and M&A assignments.
Mr. Daviau is based in Toronto, Canada. He holds an MBA from York University, an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall/York University, and a B.A. (Math and Statistics) from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Daviau is not currently a director of any other public companies.
