Canaccord Appoints Peter O'Malley CEO of Canaccord Genuity Asia

Canaccord Appoints Peter O'Malley CEO of Canaccord Genuity Asia PR Newswire TORONTO, September 16, 2012 TORONTO, September 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Canaccord Financial Inc. (TSX: CF, LSE: CF., 'the Company', 'Canaccord') is pleased to announce that Peter O'Malley has joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer of Canaccord Genuity Asia. Mr. O'Malley joins Canaccord from Kenosis Capital Partners, where he was Chief Executive and Founder. His investment banking team from Kenosis Capital also joins Canaccord in Hong Kong. "We're very pleased to welcome Peter O'Malley and his team to Canaccord Genuity Asia," said Paul Reynolds, President and CEO of Canaccord Financial Inc. "Peter has had tremendous success in Asia, building strong corporate and institutional relationships and advising on many of the region's most prominent M&A mandates. By combining the strength of our new team in Hong Kong with the platform Canaccord has successfully built in mainland China and Singapore, we have never been better positioned in this important market." Mr. O'Malley was most recently Chief Executive and Founder of Kenosis Capital Partners, where he advised on several important transactions during the past year. Prior to founding Kenosis Capital Partners, he was Managing Director and Head of Natural Resources Investment Banking in Asia-Pacific at Deutsche Bank and more recently, Head of Resources and Energy Banking at HSBC.