Koby Kushner: Lithium Just Getting Started, Here’s How I’m Positioning
Koby Kushner of Red Cloud Securities discusses the lithium market, including supply, demand and prices. He also shares where he sees the most opportunity in the sector right now: grassroots exploration and direct lithium extraction.
Bruce Tatters, CFA
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Tatters joined Red Cloud in 2018, bringing more than 24 years of senior capital markets leadership. Mr. Tatters was the co-founder at both Triumph Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer and Westwind Partners as Managing Director, Institutional Equities. Prior to that, Mr. Tatters was Global Co-Head of Institutional Equity Sales at National Bank Financial (successor to First Marathon Securities). At First Marathon Securities, he spent six years as an Institutional Equity Salesperson and two years in equity research. Mr. Tatters began his career in equity research at Burns Fry Ltd. Mr. Tatters holds a CFA designation and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.Â
Michael Mackasey
Chairman
Mr. Mackasey has over 40 years’ experience in the capital markets, having held senior positions at both Canadian and international investment banks, most recently as Vice Chairman at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Mike has provided advice to and has managed financings for a great number of corporations, both large and small. Mike has a long history in financing emerging resource companies and is very cognizant of both the challenges and opportunities that they face.
In addition to his role in the capital markets, Mike acted as Chair of the Board of the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV) a federal Crown Corporation charged with managing the commercial assets of the Government of Canada
Mike has a B.Comm from McGill University and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business. He also holds a Diploma from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).
Bob Sellars
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert (Bob) Sellars joined Red Cloud in June 2021, bringing more than 40 years of experience in capital markets and financial services to the table, including his significant roles on investment industry committees within IIROC . For 21 years Mr. Sellars served as Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President for Dundee Corp. and Dundee Securities and is known for his tenure as First Marathon’s CFO for over a decade; among other C-Suite roles in the sector during his career. Mr. Sellars is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and received an MBA from the University of Windsor.
