Wonderful Announcement for EventChain: We are proud to announce that Dr. Steven Funk is accepted the role of Chairman of the Board of EventChain.
Dr. Funk, after his career pivot, went on to found Aspen Properties, bought Imperial Parking and oversaw its expansion by M&A, IPO, and organic growth in North America and Asia to dominance. He conceived, created and built the Canadian Maple Leaf Funds (CML) into the largest venture group of its category. Aspen Properties, founded in 1987 from a standing start, became the owner of one of the largest portfolios of CBD office commercial real estate in Alberta based in Calgary. Dr. Funk sold the entire Aspen interest in 2006/07.
Dr. Funk is co-founder and was a director, financier and Member of Investment Committee of The Dignity Fund, a social impact fund. He is a member of YPO Gold and was a founding member of the Peace Action Network of YPO and YPO Gold. YPO and YPO Gold are a 22,000 member international organization of corporate and philanthropic Presidents and CEOs committed to empowering and leveraging their abilities to have positive global impact.
Dr. Funk is the underwriter of the Canucks Cancer Kids annual event, a TED Patron and sits on the Innovations Board of the XPrize Foundation.
Dr. Funk was the founding financier and director of the now highly acclaimed micro-development financier and accelerator, Unitus Capital, now closing in on $1.5 billion of lead banking and advisory role financings over the past 10 years. He is a former director of the Canada China Business Council, Chair of the Microcredit Summit Advisory Board and founding member of the Red Cross Sheldon Kennedy Foundation for Abused Children and has been an active participant in the Prince of Wales Foundation. He is also the Chief Executive Advocate and African rally race car driver who founded Race4Change supporting several noted womens empowerment groups.
His lengthy history in substantial corporate emergences, his private equity technology investment portfolio and his social, academic and business networks all make it a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Steven Funk as EventChains Chairman.
We look forward to our continued success with great people surrounding and guiding us and the expanding EventChain team growing us each day.
in BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT news, we are now hosting events in 27 countries in the first 6 months of our launch, and continue to grow throughout the rest of the world each day.
Sincerely,
EventChain Team
www.EventChain.io