Mark Lawrence

Managing Director | NorthCrest Partners Inc.

Mark Lawrence P.Eng., MBA., CFA – is the Executive Chair of Angel Investors Ontario since February 2024, having been a director, then Chair since 2013. He is also Managing Partner of NorthCrest Partners Inc., an Exempt Market Dealer, since 2003, and is also President of CML Capital Ventures Inc., from June 1997. He was from 2007 to 2017 a Director of, Stone Investment Group Limited, a mutual fund company with assets under admin of about $600 million
Mr. Lawrence is an active investor in private start-up companies in sectors ranging from financial services software and services, alternative energy, green tech, telecommunications, materials and Internet software. He is passionate about working with entrepreneurs and creating a compelling story to potential funders in the capital markets. He advises on M&A, corporate strategy, funding readiness and funding of all sizes of corporations globally. Mark worked as an engineer before entering the capital markets as a Buy/Hold/Sell analyst in 1987, becoming a top ranked analyst in most sectors that he covered.
He has been a Founder and Director of a number of TSX Venture listed companies, some through the Capital Pool Program. His previous roles included Founding Director of Soltoro Ltd., (Mexican silver exploration), of Axiotron Corp. (Tablet Computers), Software Growth Inc., and York Ridge LifeTech Inc..
Mr. Lawrence holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University, and a MBA from the Ivey School of Business. He received his designation of P.Eng from the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and his Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the Association for Investment Management and Research.