Ian Bandeen

Ian Bandeen is a financial consultant specializing in capital markets. He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of Select Vantage, one of the world’s largest equity trading firms.

In 2002 Ian was the Founding Director of the National Angel Capital Organization and is now the Chair Emeritus. In 2001 he was the co-founding Chairman of CNSX Markets – operator of both the Canadian Securities Exchange and Pure Trading – and served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2005 until 2011. Before this, Ian co-founded the Canadian mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities markets in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He retired in November 1999 from his role as Managing Director and Global Head of Securitization and Structured Finance at BMO Nesbitt Burns.

From 1996 to 2005, Ian was Director at the Robarts Research Institute, serving as Chairman of the Business Development Committee, and oversaw various commercialization initiatives. Ian is a past Director of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. From 2001 to 2013, he was a member of the Advisory Board for the Faculty of Law at McGill University. He is currently a member of the Hot Docs Board Finance Committee. Ian also became a Director of the Art of Time Ensemble in 2013 and is a Founding Director of the Myseum of Toronto.

In addition to an honours bachelor of arts in economics from Queen’s University, Ian has bachelors of laws and civil laws from McGill University.