People

Mr McGrouther has over 30 years of financial services and corporate advisory service. He is a co-founder and current director at KTM Capital, a Sydney-based boutique investment bank specialising in corporate advisory and underwriting services for high-growth companies. Since KTM’s inception in 1988, the Company has assisted over 60 clients in more than 150 transactions, raising over $600 million of equity capital.

Prior to founding KTM Capital, Mr. McGrouther was a Director of the Corporate Finance Department of Prudential Bache Securities Limited, and prior to that, he was an Associate Director at Bankers Trust Australia. Mr. McGrouther specialises in the provision of strategic advice in the areas of valuation, capital raising and investor relations services for ASX listed companies.

Mr McGrouther resides in Australia

Mr Chapman established Merchant Company in December 2011. Joining the industry in 1999, Mr Chapman has been exposed to numerous market cycles and has adapted his personal views on active portfolio management combined with an awareness of risk to offer a specialised investment management service to a select Company of high net worth clients and the Merchant Opportunities Fund. As the Fund Manager of the Merchant Opportunities Fund, Mr Chapman’s track record of creating value for shareholders speaks for itself with top quartile returns over the last 3 years. Mr Chapman was responsible for establishing OzHarvest in Western Australia – www.ozharvest.org.au where he still maintains a Board position.

Mr Ricardo Pendón is the founding Managing Director of the HAPA Pharm Group. Ricardo has been a successful entrepreneur for over 15 years. He has built two companies in the health insurance and public & investor relations sector and has achieved successful exits of these businesses. He has bootstrapped the company since inception and has built a team of individuals and a network of relationships positioning the HAPA Pharm Group to take advantage of the medicinal cannabis sector in Europe. Mr Pendón resides in Germany.

Mr Canicais is a corporate advisory executive at Smallcap Corporate which specializes in corporate advice and compliance administration to public companies. Mr Canicais has been involved in financial reporting and corporate compliance for over 10 years. Mr Canicais is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an associate member of the Governance Institute of Australia. Mr Canicais is currently Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary on a number of ASX listed and unlisted Companies.