together the two industry veterans who
have worked on and off together since
meeting 20 years ago. “Marco and I had
talked about getting together to do some-
thing more entrepreneurial for a number
of years,” Aden said. “We both recognized
the need for someone to create an effec-
tive bridge between mid-market and glob-
al capital markets. We didn’t see that need
currently being met.”
VAST EXPERIENCE IN A
RANGE OF SECTORS
Goguen’s industry experience lies in the
“new economy”, including technology,
banking, media and industrial technology.
Prior to launching Valitas, he ran a private
equity firm and has experience serving on
boards of directors for more than 20 pub-
lic and private companies. Today, he works
out of Valitas’ Montreal office. Aden’s work
has focused on more traditional industries,
ranging from natural resources to indus-
trial services and consumer products. He
shares his knowledge with the industry’s
future leaders as a lecturer with the Mas-
ter of Finance program at Queen’s School
of Business and as an M&A subject matter
expert for Moody’s Analytics’ Advanced
Capital Markets program.
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