Rupert has broad global experience in multiple industries including travel & leisure, marketing loyalty & data analytics, financial services, consumer products and sustainability. He’s been on many public company Boards, was CEO of Aimia for 12 years, chaired the Board of Brain Canada and is the current President of the Art Gallery of Ontario. He is a member of the Order of Canada.

“I live in Little Italy bordering Azores town: a richly diverse community where everything you want is a short walk.”

Laura Adams, Managing Director, has spent over 20 years at Morgan Stanley in an assortment of institutional banking roles throughout North America giving her a unique perspective on both public and private capital markets. Her exceptional understanding of the investor world directs TAS on how to approach capital raises and fund offerings.

Anatol is a Venture Capitalist investing in early stage technology companies. Prior to this, he was the CEO of banks owned by Scotiabank in five different countries, which has provided him a lens on global banking that is truly unique. His understanding of finance and lending within the Canadian context has been invaluable in guiding TAS’s strategy as we scale our projects and organization to ensure that we have the corresponding financial resilience to support our ongoing and long term banking needs at both the project and corporate levels.

Ali’s global finance and private equity career has taken him around the world in the boardrooms of public and private companies. As a seasoned investment banker, he has been behind the growth and restructuring of numerous international companies. As a fund manager his deep understanding of asset allocation and strategy have been insightful to TAS.