CEO, Laurie M. Clark
Founder of three technology companies, Ms. Clark started, built and sold three prior companies and twice named Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She inspires those around her; and her absolute courage in growing companies along with her finance and technology acumen benefits the shareholder and results in a better bottom line to any board she joins.
Ms. Clark, Founder of 3 fintech companies, was twice awarded the “Top 100 Most Powerful Women” in 2017 and 2019, and has over 20 years of capital markets experience and +$10B in direct budget oversight across Technology, Finance, Trading, Wealth Management, Resources, Start-Up, JVs, and M&As. Ms. Clark is a serial entrepreneur who successfully started, built and sold three companies prior to her current endeavours.
Ms. Clark has over 9 years of experience as an Independent Corporate Director and is qualified as a Corporate Directors International (CDI). Presently Chair of the Board of a private equity company, Ethel Capital Corporation, and appointed as Board of Director of a North American Futures, Options and Swaps Securities Exchange. She has served on audit, compensation, and nomination & governance committees for public companies, including being Chair of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Risk and Governance Committee for Belzberg Technologies Inc. (TSX: BLZ).
Ms. Clark is a member of the TMX Advisory Council (X TSE), Member of the Pelangio Exploration Inc.(TSX.V: PX) Board Advisory Committee, Member of Novations Inc. (o/a DealMaker) Advisory Board, and Board Member of the Advisory Council of the Canadian RegTech Association. Ms. Clark is often asked to speak at conferences around the world as a motivational or expert speaker on Finance and Technology.
Ms. Clark has her board certification from Corporate Directors International LLC, USA. Her designation, CDI.D, recognizes her as a qualified corporate board candidate for a public or private board.
"Greater profits, greater CEO pay and enhanced problem-solving are just a few of the advantages of increasing the number of women on a company's board of directors. Having been on boards, I already followed governance best practices, but ACE upped the game tenfold. Upon completing the program, it provided immediate entry to opportunities in channels not previously available and opened my eyes to alternative industries where I could serve the company and the shareholder well.
Thank you ACE for your continued support!"
~ CEO, Laurie M. Clark