Karl Sigerist

Karl is an information technology and financial service executive with proven success in building high performance teams that delivered 80-fold asset, 17-fold revenue and 18-fold earnings growth. Karl was a founding member of 5 privately-owned start-ups, 2 start-up business units within the public company environment and has led turnarounds of 3 Canadian and 1 European subsidiary of a public company. Karl built, fostered, and led team cultures that achieved Growth 500 status for 5 consecutive years and Top 100 Small & Medium Enterprise Employer status for 2 consecutive years. Karl conceived and led the formation of the Canadian Lenders Association as its founding chairperson. Karl has and continues to serve in adviser, officer, and director roles for organizations, mentor to business school graduates, young entrepreneurs and newly immigrated business executives.