Mr. Shivji is a registered CPA in BC & Alberta, US CPA in Illinois, CFA charterholder with the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and a Masters of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business. In early 2021, Mr. Shivji completed the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”) Certification course based out of Arlington, Virginia.

After completing graduate school, Mr. Shivji became Manager of Transaction Services with PwC Advisory where he performed buy-side due diligence on acquisitions in Canada and US in various industries including pharmaceuticals, mining, and manufacturing. In order to get more international deal experience, Arif transferred to the PwC UK office to work on larger transactions, such as FedEx and private equity acquisitions

Mr. Shivji has been providing part time CFO services to private & public companies, such as a Canada wide mortgage firm, junior petroleum/mining companies, private equity investment funds, real estate brokerage, international solar business, and a transportation business. Mr. Shivji has been a promoter of several public vehicles listed on the TSXV exchange where he sourced capital in order to complete an IPO and then negotiated on mergers with target companies after completing required due diligence

He also has hands on experience with building start ups, including an acquisition of cash flowing petroleum company using bank & mezzanine financing. Secondly, he was CFO of Predator Midstream Ltd. that grew from a 3 person management team to 90 staff when it was sold to large public company named Secure Energy. This has provided a diverse experience set to draw upon, such as staff role definition, ERP set up, and cash flow forecasting (all of which run in parallel in a growing business).