Team Member Position: Managing Director

Brent Channell, MBA

Brent has over 25 years of experience in alternative investments, the derivatives markets and corporate finance. As Managing Director his role focuses on all aspects of Spartan’s business, including financial, operational and new product development.

Brent started his career with the Royal Bank of Canada in 1983 in corporate finance where he worked extensively on leverage buy-outs and corporate restructurings. In 1989 he moved into the interest rate and currency derivatives market, responsible for financial institutions, provincial and corporate clients. In 1994 Brent joined Citibank Canada as Managing Director, Structured Finance to focus on the investor market.

From 1998 to 2009, Brent worked with a large global multi-strategy fund of fund hedge fund manager to introduce products to the Canadian institutional market place. During this time, he and his partners also created and introduced numerous innovative alternative investment products to the retail market. Brent has appeared on BNN-TV and is a frequent speaker at alternative investment industry forums and events. Brent obtained his B.Comm (Honours) with a specialization in Finance from the University of British Columbia and his MBA from Queen’s University at Kingston.