Investors

Jacob Gamble has more than 20 years of combined global experience in management consulting, investment banking, growth initiatives, and corporate communications. Jacob rose to the level of Vice President of Fisher Investments, overseeing a $3.3-billion-dollar business line during his 13-year period with the company. He then worked as a Managing Director at Paulson Investment Company, a highly esteemed investment bank focused on the small to mid-cap markets, and as Paulson’s top executive of an affiliated bridge loan hedge fund, he successfully merged with a structured debt hedge fund.

After Mr. Gamble’s successes at Paulson, he moved into the CEO position at BLVD Corporation, a publicly-traded, multi-state drug rehabilitation franchise in which he completed a full-scale corporate reorganization transforming BLVD into Ventura Cannabis and Wellness Corporation while increasing shareholder value by nearly 300% before moving to Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Jacob has in-depth knowledge, contacts, and experience within the financial industries and specializes in the process of licensing, buildouts, and development of vertically integrated operations. Jacob also has experience in acquisitions of small private companies and operational integration of disparate businesses.

Jacob graduated from Oregon State University with a B.S. in Pre-Medicine/Biology and from Florida Institute of Technology with an M.S. in Management. Jacob is an occasional lecturer at the University of Oregon’s Charles H. Lundquist College of Business in portfolio management, and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing for the Chartered Financial Analyst Society in Portland, Oregon. Jacob has also authored papers on the United States federal debt, corporate debt, and the United States Social Security Administration.

Mr. McLeese, is the Founder and President of Access Capital Corp….“Access” is a Toronto based Financial Advisory firm specializing in the independent power industry for over 30 years.  Access has been involved in over $2.8B of independent power production project financing including gas fired cogeneration, hydraulic, biomass, waste coal, wind, other renewables and district heating and cooling.

Rob is the Chairman of ACI Energy, Inc., a US based company, that has developed and built or acquired 4 independent solid fueled power plants totaling 171 MW, all focused on clean, efficient, reliable base load generation.

A former Director, Treasurer and Past President of APPrO, Rob is also a past Director of Creststreet Power and Income Fund, a co-developer of wind projects in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Alberta.  Rob also sat on the Boards of Pristine Power and Fengate Infrastructure Fund and is an ex Board member of the Ontario Centre of Excellence – Energy and a former member and Chair of the Toronto Board of Trade Electricity Task Force.

Rob received APPrO’s 2017 Hedley Palmer Award, the 2011 Probyn Prize for innovation in sustainable energy finance and the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Rob currently serves on the Board of Export Development Canada and is the Chair of its Audit Committee. He is also Chair of Pond Technologies Inc., an Ontario technology company with a highly innovative CO2 capture technology and algae growing expertise.