Bio

Brad Nathan is President of Lynx Equity Limited, a Financial Post 500 company. Lynx is a private equity firm focused on acquiring small and medium sized businesses. It has acquired businesses in Canada, the US and in Europe. As President, Brad works with the Lynx management team to define strategy and goals. His responsibilities include negotiating and overseeing acquisition transactions, operations and capital sourcing. After receiving his Chartered Accounting designation, he practiced accounting at Price Waterhouse, and then at Grant Thornton in Toronto. He later served as Vice-President of merchant banking at Rothschild Canada Limited. Known for his tenacity and integrity, Brad has publicly shared the many risks he took, mistakes made, and challenges he overcame, to grow Lynx into the success it is today. As a member of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Leadership Lab, he contributed insight and advice about leadership and management issues to the business community. Brad has appeared on CTV’s the Pattie Lovett-Reid Show, and as a judge on BNN’s “The Pitch”. Brad and Lynx have also been covered in Report on Business Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Financial Post Magazine, Forbes, ProfitGuide.com, The Canadian Business Journal, Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, ADWeek, Tech Vibes, Merger Market, POST City Magazine and Toronto Life. In addition to his love for business, Brad’s personal passions include planetary science and astrophysics, animals, nature, fitness and travel. He served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Wildlife Centre for many years and continues to support wildlife related organizations.