Brand strategist. Writer. Designer. Creative Director. Talker. Has guided small upstarts and SMEs to 500 companies. Has been a brand guru for politicians, professional athletes as well company leaders. Appeared on CBC, CITY-TV, interviewed by Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, lent an opinion or two to National Post, Marketing Magazine. Frequent speaker on brands and creativity.

Mr. Dorey serves as Chairman of West1, an investment firm that invests in technology,  hotel/casino and luxury housing development, and natural resources. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO of OpenPath, a leading payment orchestration platform.  He previously served as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of an Asian equities fund that he founded in 2010. Prior to that, he was with Lehman Brothers in New  York and  London,  with roles in technology and communications/media M&A  and principal transactions. While at Lehman, Mr. Dorey was a Senior Advisor in the Office of the  Chairman/Vice  Chairman and a member of its  New  Products and  Risk  Committees and the  New  York  Federal  Reserve  Counterparty  Risk  Management  Policy  Group.  Before joining  Lehman,  Mr.  Dorey was a  Corporate  Lawyer at  Paul  Weiss  Rifkind Wharton and  Garrison in New  York focused on global mergers and acquisitions.  He is a  past  Co-Chairman of  Legacy  Senior  Housing.  Prior board affiliations include the  March of  Dimes;  the  Institute of  International  Education  (which administers the Fulbright Scholarship Program and the Scholar Rescue Fund);  and, NYU Downtown Hospital, Inter-Citic Resources  Inc., Largo Resources Ltd., and  Markham Stouffville Hospital. Mr. Dorey is qualified as an Attorney in New York and as a Barrister and Solicitor in Alberta. He graduated with a Law degree from King’s  College London and has an undergraduate degree from Laurier.

Daniel has over 20 years of experience leading high-profile and complex real estate development and investment projects in municipalities and provinces across Canada. Prior to Forest Gate Daniel Marinovic was the Chief Development Officer with Dream Unlimited (TSX: DRM) a leading Canadian developer and asset manager with $8 billion of assets under management.

Nathan Chan was most recently a partner with leading corporate and commercial boutique law firm before beginning his own professional practice. Prior to that, he practised at one of the largest law firms in Canada. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) in 1993 and an LL.B in 1996, and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1998.

Nathan is involved in all aspects of the business of his many high technology clients (renewable energy, managed services, software development, VARS, etc.), including the setup of corporate, fund and other structures, joint ventures, equity and debt financings and negotiation of commercial contracts. He co-ordinates and supervises both domestic and international legal transactions for his portfolio of international clients with worldwide offices.

Nathan is a member in good standing with the Law Society of Upper Canada.