President, Manvest Inc.
William P. Robinson has been the President of Manvest Inc., a private equity investment company, since 1988. Mr. Robinson is responsible for investments and overall management of Manvest. Prior to Mr. Robinson was with the Loram Group of companies from 1981-1988 where he held various positions including: Vice President and General Manager of Bowfort Capital, Treasurer of the Loram Group and Manager of Finance for Pembina Resources Ltd. Prior to joining Loram, he worked with Peat Marwick and Partners, an international management consulting firm.
He is well recognized in the Canadian venture capital and merchant banking community and has participated in many private company financing and acquisitions. He currently sits on the Board of Directors with a number of Canadian companies including: BuildDirect.com Technologies, ENTx Capital Corporation, On-Line Support Inc., Softchoice Corporation, Associate Veterinary Clinics, Listen Up Canada and Cross Oilsands Contracting Ltd. Previous Board positions include: A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., Concert Industries, Graf Canada, Invis Financial Group, Lacent Technologies, Simmons Canada Inc. Sleep Country Canada and Landmark Cinemas. Mr. Robinson also served as a founding Director of AVAC Ltd. and is currently a member of the Alberta Economic Development Authority.
