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Paul Poscente

President / CEO

Paul is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Axxcelus Capital Advisory. With an extensive background in investment banking and capital markets, Paul has been a principal in over $2.0 billion in transactions in energy, construction, financial services, and hospitality over his 35-year career. Paul's career highlights include building and successfully selling two upstream oil and gas companies, being a founding partner of a mid-market mezzanine fund, and co-founding Canada’s first national equity-based shared ownership real-estate company. Most recently, he served as CEO of Backwoods Energy Services, a company 100% owned by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Under his leadership, Backwoods achieved a compounded annual growth rate of 111%, transforming it into one of the largest Indigenous-owned companies in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $200 million. During his tenure, economic benefits to the Alexis Nation grew by 614% and employment of its members increased by 235%. In 2020, Paul was a primary architect in structuring, negotiating, and financing the first AIOC transaction that saw six First Nations acquire a significant ownership position in the $1.5 billion Cascade Power Project. Paul believes in the restorative power of capitalism to maximize value to all stakeholders and rights holders. He speaks frequently on issues of responsible energy, Indigenous business, and purpose, and is regularly featured in national media outlets such as The Globe and Mail, the National Post, BNN Bloomberg, and the CBC

Paul is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Axxcelus Capital Advisory. With an extensive background in investment banking and capital markets, Paul has been a principal in over $2.0 billion in transactions in energy, construction, financial services, and hospitality over his 35-year career. Paul's career highlights include building and successfully selling two upstream oil and gas companies, being a founding partner of a mid-market mezzanine fund, and co-founding Canada’s first national equity-based shared ownership real-estate company. Most recently, he served as CEO of Backwoods Energy Services, a company 100% owned by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. Under his leadership, Backwoods achieved a compounded annual growth rate of 111%, transforming it into one of the largest Indigenous-owned companies in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $200 million. During his tenure, economic benefits to the Alexis Nation grew by 614% and employment of its members increased by 235%.

In 2020, Paul was a primary architect in structuring, negotiating, and financing the first AIOC transaction that saw six First Nations acquire a significant ownership position in the $1.5 billion Cascade Power Project.

Paul believes in the restorative power of capitalism to maximize value to all stakeholders and rights holders. He speaks frequently on issues of responsible energy, Indigenous business, and purpose, and is regularly featured in national media outlets such as The Globe and Mail, the National Post, BNN Bloomberg, and the CBC

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