David Salmon

David is responsible for overall direction of Laurel Hill's strategic shareholder solutions and corporate governance consulting services for public companies. David routinely advises clients on shareholder strategies related to hostile and friendly acquisitions, proxy contests, and corporate governance issues.

David is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in progressive leadership roles, including operational, business development and management. David has been with the Laurel Hill team for 13 years and brings his extensive experience and success to his role.

During this time, David directly provided consulting and insight on contentious and non-contentious shareholder meetings, solicited and unsolicited tender offers, and corporate governance issues, including many of the largest transactions in Canada.. Previously, David spent over 5 years gaining significant business development and management experience in the banking industry.

David has served as a director of several publicly-traded company and previously was a board member of the not-for-profit Canadian Investor Relations Institute, BC Chapter, and recently co-chaired the True Patriot Love Foundation Vancouver event. David graduated from the University of Toronto with a major in Economics and subsequently completed the Canadian Securities course. David is a member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute and the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries.

David is regularly requested to speak on panels, media and as an industry expert for legal matters.