Richard Venn Bio

Richard Venn is a Partner of Further Global and serves as a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Further Global, Mr. Venn held a 40-year career with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”) where he led CIBC’s investment banking and merchant banking operations. Mr. Venn served for seven years as the Chairman and CEO of CIBC’s Canadian dealer and led CIBC’s Corporate Development Group for more than a decade. He was instrumental in the formation of CIBC Mellon and CIBC FirstCaribbean and served as a board member with those companies for many years. Mr. Venn serves on the board of Element Fleet Management and is Chair of the Compensation & Corporate Governance Committee as well as a member of the Risk & Credit Committee. He was previously a board member of The Bank of Butterfield, DBRS, the credit rating agency, and more than 10 other companies. He currently serves on the Foundation Board of Mount Sinai Hospital and is past Chair of the United Jewish Federation of Toronto and the United Way of Greater Toronto Mr. Venn received a BASc (Engineering Science) from the University of Toronto and completed his MBA at Harvard (Scholarship).