A business development & marketing professional with a background in finance and the DNA of an entrepreneur, George Khalife is the Vice President of Midwest U.S. for the Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture Exchange, based in Chicago. In his role, George partners with U.S.-based companies to help them access the Canadian capital markets, raise public venture capital, and eventually go public.

Previous to joining the TSX, George led the marketing & business development for a growing FinTech Startup called owl.co and before that led the business development for Canada’s #1 tech-focused M&A firm called Sampford Advisors. On the side, George hosts a top-10 business podcast called Let’s Grab Coffee where he has published more than 140 episodes and has featured individuals like the Cofounders of Netflix, Starbucks, Reebok to the Music Video Director of Drake (DirectorX).