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'''Peter M. Brown Chairman and Founder Canaccord Financial Inc'''.

Peter M. Brown was born in 1941 in Vancouver where he lives today. After attending the University of British Columbia, he entered the investment business with Greenshields Inc. in 1962. Today he is Chairman of Canaccord Financial Inc. which he founded in 1968 and is Canada’s largest independent investment dealer with head office in Vancouver, B.C. and thirty-eight offices worldwide, including 30 Wealth Management offices located across Canada. Canaccord Genuity, the international capital markets division, operates in the US, UK, Canada and Barbados.

Peter is currently serving as Chairman of the Board for the Fraser Institute. Mr. Brown is British Columbia’s representative on the Advisory Committee to the Canadian Securities Transition Office to lead the transition to a single Canadian securities regulator. He is a Director of the Investment Industry Association of Canada. Mr. Brown is currently serving as a federally appointed Lead Director and Member of the Finance Committee for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympics Games which successfully brought the Vancouver 2010 Olympics to Canada. Mr. Brown was recently appointed as a Member of the Economic Advisory Council to Federal Minister of Finance. He is a Director of the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project Limited & Pavilion Corp (both Crown Corporations). Mr. Brown was recently elected as a director to the Vancouver Board of Trade. He has served on the boards of numerous private sector and crown corporations over the years. Among his attainments, he was the past Chairman of the University of British Columbia, The Vancouver Stock Exchange, B.C. Place Corporation and B.C. Enterprise Corporation (both Crown Corporations). He was also the Vice Chairman of Expo 86 Corporation.

Mr. Brown is a recipient of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year award; the B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines Financier Award and the Pacific Entrepreneur of The Year Award for 2001. In 2002 he received the Distinguished Service Award by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. In January 2003, Mr. Brown received a Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. In June 2003, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. The Brotherhood Inter-Faith Society recognized Peter Brown as their Person of the Year in February 2004. In the Spring of 2005, Mr. Brown received an Honourary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of British Columbia. In 2007, he received the Distinguished Graduate Award from St. George’s School and the Ted Ticknor Award for Exceptional Contribution from Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver. In 2009, Mr. Brown received the Fraser Institute’s T. Patrick Boyle Founder’s Award. In 2010, Peter Brown was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame recognizing his entrepreneurial spirit and contribution to Canada’s mining industry. He also became a Honourary Member of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band in 2009 and received the first ever civilian commendation from the Vancouver City Police.