Meet the Team
David Wiley
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Wiley has over 20 years’ experience in finance, insurance, capital markets and mining. Before founding KEWA in 2014, David was the founder and CEO of Phoenix Coal and later the CEO of Nighthawk Gold, taking both companies from concept to trading publicly. Mr. Wiley was a Founding Partner of Raven Hill Partners, and a former Partner of MHI Energy Partners, an energy and mining private equity firm.
Thomas Elkins
PRESIDENT
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Chief Financial Officer
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Daniel Waxman
SVP, General Counsel
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Robert Cihra
SVP, Investments
Mr. Cihra brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior Wall Street technology analyst and investor focused on the computing and storage markets. He was most recently a Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners, previously a Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI and partner at Brompton Cross Capital. Rob earned his BA, Economics and MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
Brian Barr
Director
Mr. Barr has extensive knowledge of various insurance industries, corporate governance best practices and capital markets. Brian is a former Director of Aviva Canada and previously held the role of Chairman at Norwich Union before its acquisition by Aviva. Brian was also the former Chairman of Haley Industries and Acadia University.
James Falle
Director
Mr. Falle has over 25 years’ experience as a CFO in the Canadian banking life insurance, asset management and P&C insurance industries. He has been recognized for results achieved in driving business performance, reengineering and mergers and acquisitions. In addition to finance, James also possesses significant corporate governance and risk management expertise.