Lindsay joined Origin as a Principal in 2019 bringing over 20 years of experience providing strategic and transaction advice to a diverse group of clients. Throughout his career, he has advised on more than 60 closed M&A transactions representing over $83 billion of value along with numerous strategic advisory and corporate development mandates.

Lindsay started his career in the CIBC Mergers & Acquisitions group where he worked closely with many of Origin’s Principals for the better part of a decade. After 11 years at CIBC, Lindsay started a risk arbitrage sales and trading business at Dundee Capital Markets and then led its M&A Group and Agriculture practice. He then founded his own M&A and corporate development advisory business, PivotalPoint Advisory Group, and for five years provided M&A and corporate development advice to a diverse set of entrepreneurial private and public clients across multiple sectors. His most recent transaction before joining Origin was independent strategic advisor to Morneau Shepell in its $438 million acquisition of LifeWorks.

Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University (Honours).

Robert has over 18 years of investment banking advisory and private equity investing experience at both bank-owned and independent Canadian investment dealers. Most recently, Robert was an investing professional at Catalyst Capital Group Inc., a Canadian-based distressed debt private equity fund managing $4.5B of capital, for over 3 years before leaving in 2019. Previously, Robert had extensive experience as a mergers & acquisitions advisor at CIBC World Markets, Genuity Capital Markets, and Canaccord Genuity.

Robert has broad experience working with companies across industries on M&A advisory and restructuring assignments.

Robert holds an Honours BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and is a CFA charterholder.