ABOUT
Gene Hudson Partners are passionate about accelerating your business priorities through strategic service offerings in order to achieve maximum performance.
Service offerings include:
Global M&A
Capital Raise
Corporate Restructuring / CRO Services
Family Office Advisory
Board Advisory
Insurance
Approach
We utilize a 5 pronged approach to your business needs:
DISCOVERY
INSIGHT
COLLABORATION
PLANNING
EXECUTION
The Team
The collective wisdom of our team allows for a wholesome approach to delivering results.
Peter Smiechowski, CFA
Chairman
Mr. Smiechowski brings over 25 years of institutional finance and entrepreneurial experience defined by a rigorous focus on risk management and long-term value creation.
Institutional Expertise: His career began mastering options trading before rising to Head Trader of a global multi-strategy hedge fund, instilling a deep understanding of sophisticated risk-adjusted returns.
Global Capital Formation: He successfully led institutional sales efforts across Europe and Australia, developing significant expertise in raising capital for emerging companies across the entire capital structure, agnostic to sector.
Driving Innovation: Most recently, he leveraged this insight to lead a merchant bank initiative in collaboration with technology innovators and thought leaders, focusing on strategic growth and disruptive opportunities.
Commitment to Excellence: Mr. Smiechowski holds a BComm from the University of Toronto and is a CFA Charter holder. The discipline required for his professional success is paralleled by his lifelong commitment to elite athletics (skiing, cycling, swimming, water polo), having represented Canada in international competitions—a testament to his resilience and unwavering focus.
Henry Wong
Advisor
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.
Scott C. Dorey
Advisor
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 Marinovic
Advisor
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
Advisor
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.
Martin Hutnik
Team Lead, Insurance
Mr. Hutnik brings 15 years of risk management and entrepreneurial experience. Over this time, he has helped develop various approach to wealth creation based on connecting quality industry players across different asset classifications. Martin’s dedicated approach to clients and commitment to the growth of the insurance industry is what drives his success. Being surrounded by a team of diverse and innovative specialists across multiple industries makes Martin more than a risk/insurance professional. Martin earned his Honours Commerce degree from the Degroote School of Business at McMaster University.
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Sector Agnostic Client focused
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TAGG INDUSTRIES
- M&A Advisor
- Restructured debt facility in order to align company with their growth mandate.
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RED WHITE & BLOOM
- Lead M&A Advisor on the acquisition of a 3.6 Million square foot greenhouse operation in Illinois. G|H acted on behalf of the Seller.
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CELLART
- Advised and negotiated a Strategic Partnership with the biggest Wine Auction House in the World.
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