Tom Astle

Partner | Longevity Funds

Tom has worked in the Capital Markets and Technology sectors for over 30 years. He is on or has been on several boards of technology companies that range from early-stage start-ups to publicly listed ones as well as tech focused not-for-profits.

In addition to his board work, Tom is a Partner with Longevity Funds, a developer of investment funds.

For six years he helped manage the Difference Capital VC/PE portfolio focused on late stage private technology and media investments as well as act as the CFO and Chief Investment Officer of this publicly listed asset manager.

Prior to this, he gained over 20 years’ experience as a top ranked Wall Street and Bay Street equity analyst, covering some of the largest technology companies for some of the largest investment banks in the world. During this time he worked for Merrill Lynch, but also National Bank Financial and other Canadian firms. This work culminated in several years’ experience as head of large equity research departments which covered all major sectors.

Tom holds his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and ICD.D designation and has an Engineering Physics degree from Queen’s University and is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng).