Cam di Prata is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Gibraltar & Company, an investment management firm he founded in 2013. A former financial services industry executive with over 25 years of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experience, Cam has significant deal experience in the technology, media and consumer sectors. He is active in both Toronto and Montreal business circles and possesses an extensive network of corporate relationships. Senior corporate executives recognize him as an advisor with high integrity, strong strategic skills and expert in managing M&A transactions.
He obtained a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Concordia University in 1983 and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business in 1987. From 1987 until 1995 he was an M&A investment banker at Nesbitt Burns. Between 1995 and 1998 he was a Managing Director specializing in cross-border M&A at Citigroup, and between 1998 and 2003, he was Group Head of the Telecoms, Media & Technology investment banking division of Scotia Capital. In 2003, Cam joined National Bank of Canada’s investment banking division as Vice Chairman, Quebec region. In 2006, he was promoted to Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) with the responsibility of materially expanding the firm’s presence outside Quebec. As Head of CIB, he managed portfolio assets of approx. $20 billion and a team of 190 employees across Canada.
Cam serves as a board member of several Gibraltar portfolio companies including Crowdriff Inc., FanXchange Limited, and LXRandCo, Inc., he is a board member of Ethereum Capital Corporation and is an advisory board member of The BrandProject LP. He is an international member of SOHO House and is an active supporter of the Toronto art community. His current not-for-profit activities include serving as Board Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and board member of the International Festival of Authors. He a past Director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The Canadian Opera Company, The Empire Club of Canada and the Luminato Festival.
In 2007, he was awarded the Star of Italian Solidarity and appointed to the rank of Commendatore (Commander) by the Italian Government in recognition for his service in promoting Italian culture in Canada. A citizen of Canada and Italy, Cam resides in Toronto with his wife, son and their rescued dog.
