Mr. Bandeen is a co-founder of CNSX as well as the Vice- Chairman and CEO.  He is also the President and CEO of Associated Assets Acquisition Inc., a company that has historically specialized in the acquisition and refinancing of financial assets.

Prior to this,  Ian co-founded the Canadian Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities markets in his role as Managing Director & Global Head of Securitization and Structured Finance at Nesbitt Burns Inc.  He created and ran the industry leading banking and trading securitization teams in what is now a greater than $100 billion market.  He extended the global reach of this team by establishing equal sized operations in both the United States and London, U.K., the latter being one of the world’s few successful Structured Investment Vehicles.  Additionally, Ian was a member of the Bank of Montreal’s Capital Management Committee as well as the Asset Liability Committee.

From 1996 to 2005 Ian was a Director at the Robarts Research Institute where he served as Chairman of their Business Development Committee and as such oversaw their various commercialization initiatives. He is currently a Director in the Toronto International Film Festival Group and sits on their Finance Committee. As well, he is a Founding Director of the National Angel Organization and is Chairman of its Governance Committee.

 
Mr. Bandeen received a BA (Honours) from Queens University as well as an LLB and a BCL from McGill University. Having been admitted to the Bar in 1987, Ian remains a member in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada