#188: Jim Davidson (Topaz/ATB Financial) - An Optimistic Perspective: 40 Years of Energy Banking and a Few Lessons Learned

Greetings & welcome back to the podcast. 

This episode we are joined by Jim Davidson - director of Topaz Energy, ATB Financial, the Business Council of Alberta, the Creative Destruction Lab, the Economic Futures Council of Junior Achievement, the Fraser Institute and the Modern Miracle Network.

Mr. Davidson's principal occupation is a Corporate Director. Mr. Davidson co-founded FirstEnergy Capital Corp. in 1993 which became the world’s premier choice for energy sector investment banking.

Subsequently, Mr. Davidson was the Deputy Chairman of GMP First Energy, Canada’s leading energy-focused investment bank from which he retired from his role in 2018.

Mr. Davidson holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has earned the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) designation.

Mr. Davidson has more than 41 years of experience providing investment banking and financial services to a broad spectrum of companies in a variety of industries, most notably in the energy sector. 

In 2016 Mr. Davidson was inducted into the IIAC Investment Industry Hall of Fame and awarded a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Oil & Gas Council.  Jim is also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor General of Canada.

Among other things we discussed An Optimistic Perspective: 40 Years of Energy Banking and a Few Lessons Learned.

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