Jeff White
InvestorPresident & CEO at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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About
Jeff White is Chief Executive Officer of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), where he leads a team supporting the development and commercialization of ideas in sectors including life sciences, ICT, cleantech, and ocean tech. He has over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, with expertise spanning growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital offerings, and board governance. White holds a CPA and an ICD.D designation and serves on several boards of directors of companies and organizations in the Atlantic region.
Experience
- New Brunswick Innovation FoundationChief Executive Officercurrent2018 — presentFredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)Member Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentCanada
- Picketa SystemsMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- AnessaMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- Dillon Consulting LimitedBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentNew Brunswick, Canada
- Eigen Innovations Inc.Board Membercurrent2024 — presentNew Brunswick, Canada
- Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des OcéansChairpersoncurrent2020 — presentCanada
- Springboard Atlantic Inc.Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- Creative Destruction LabAssociate Mentor - Atlantic Prime Stream2021 — 2024
- ProcedureFlowBoard Member2015 — 2022Saint John, NB
- HotSpotBoard Member2020 — 2022Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Canada's Ocean SuperclusterInterim Chief Financial Officer2018Atlantic Canada
- East Valley VenturesChief Operating Officer2011 — 2018Saint John, NB
- Smartskin Technologies Inc.Chief Financial Officer2014 — 2018Fredericton, NB
- Radian6 Technologies Inc., a salesforce.com companyChief Financial Officer2010 — 2011
- Deloitte & ToucheVice President Corporate Finance2005 — 2010Saint John, NB
- Q1 LabsChief Financial Officer2003
- ImagicTV Inc.Chief Financial Officer1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Corporate GovernanceCollaborative Leadership1Business Innovation1Board DevelopmentInvestmentsBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Financial AdvisoryPortfolio ManagementFinancial AnalysisAccountingWorking with InvestorsBusiness Planning
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Financial ResultsFinancial ReportingBusiness StrategySoftware IndustryExecutive ManagementStrategic LeadershipBoard of DirectorsFundraisingMentoringNegotiationTeam LeadershipOperational ExcellenceLanguages English
- ICD.D — Institute of Corporate Directors
- Private Capital Governance Program Certificate of Completion — CVCA
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) — CPA New Brunswick | CPA Nouveau-Brunswick
- Certified Public Accountant — Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
From Jeff's professional profile.
Colleagues at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Adrian Uberto
President, COO, and Partner at ParaFi Capital
Blair Morgan
Director at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Cameron Horwood
Systems & Data Analyst at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Carly Abrahamson
Partner and General Counsel at The Colorado Impact Fund
Daniel Armali
Vice President, Investments at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Daniel Clark
Director at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
David Magee
Director at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Diane Allain
Secretary at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeff White?
- Jeff White is Chief Executive Officer of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), where he leads a team supporting the development and commercialization of ideas in sectors including life sciences, ICT, cleantech, and ocean tech. He has over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, with expertise spanning growth strategies, mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital offerings, and board governance. White holds a CPA and an ICD.D designation and serves on several boards of directors of companies and organizations in the Atlantic region.
- Where does Jeff White work?
- Jeff White is President & CEO at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.
- Where did Jeff White go to school?
- Jeff White studied at St. Francis Xavier University (BBA, Accounting); Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) (Chartered Accountant); University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management (Directors Education Program).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Anessa2
Also worked at Canada's Ocean Supercluster1
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