Alex Rothwell

Based in Victoria, B.C., Mr. Rothwell brings more than 25 years of experience as a business leader and as a senior executive in the Canadian capital markets and investment banking. He previously served as the CFO of Eupraxia from 2018-2021, and most recently has been a Senior Advisor to Fort Capital Partners, a Canadian boutique investment bank. In 1995, he began his capital markets career in institutional equities and merger arbitrage, establishing himself over the next decade in various leadership roles at leading Canadian investment banks. He was appointed President and Executive Director of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada and ran its equities business for seven years before moving to British Columbia in late 2015. Over the course of his career, he has advised public and private companies on their growth and acquisition strategies and associated funding requirements and has raised billions of dollars for them in structures ranging from early-stage investment rounds to large IPOs and follow-on offerings. Mr. Rothwell holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from McGill University (1991) and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business (1995).