It’s May 2022: lockdowns are a fading memory, the Flames are heading to the playoffs, commodity prices are high, and opportunities abound in Western Canada. Come out for an evening of cocktails and appetizers to celebrate Global Ivey Day with your fellow alumni at the spectacular Bow Sky Gardens in downtown Calgary.

Adam Waterous, one of Calgary’s most high-profile entrepreneurs, will join as a special guest and keynote speaker to discuss growth and opportunities in the province, specifically the Calgary Airport – Banff Rail project his company is pursuing.

Plus 1s are welcome to join for the evening. Cash bar is available.

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Location: The Bow, 500 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 0E3
Cost: $30 per attendee; includes appetizers and 1 drink ticket. Cash bar will be available.
Arrival Instructions: Please check in with Bow front desk Staff.  Admission will be provided to the 42nd Floor express elevator. Exit on 42 and take the next elevator to Floor 58.

Join the conversation and get social by using #GlobalIveyDay! 

Adam Waterous | Chairman, Liricon Capital

Adam is the CEO of Waterous Energy Fund, an oil and gas private equity firm headquartered in Calgary with offices in Houston and New York. Prior to founding WEF in 2017, Adam served as Global Head of Investment Banking and Head of Energy and Power, North America at Scotiabank, where he was responsible for all of Scotiabank's global Equity and Advisory activities and Scotia Waterous. In September 1991, Adam co-founded Waterous & Co. which Scotia Capital acquired in 2005. Before co-founding Waterous & Co., Adam worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of First Boston Corporation in New York and in management consulting with McKinsey & Company in Toronto.

Adam has been active in many industry, community, health, arts, and education organizations. In 2013, Adam was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contributions to the community. In 2017, Adam received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oil and Gas Council. Adam received the 2019 Lefaivre Award, presented to an individual each year by the United Way of Calgary for exceptional volunteer service and community involvement. Between 2013 – 2019 Adam served on the Executive Committee of the Harvard College Fund. Since 2019, Adam has been Chair of the Board of Governors of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, one of Canada’s foremost higher learning institutions and cultural destinations for fine arts, leadership development, mountain culture, and the environment.

Adam holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Being in the top five percent of his class at Harvard, he was designated a Baker Scholar.

Adam and his wife Jan have 3 sons and have lived in Banff since 1997. Since 2016, Adam and Jan, through their family company Liricon Capital, have been actively working to enhance Banff National Park’s environment and visitor experience by reducing the impact of personal vehicles through developing the Calgary Airport – Banff Rail project and creating the Eco-Transit Hub at the Banff Train Station. In 2018, Adam and Jan acquired the Norquay Ski and Sightseeing Resort. In 2020, Adam and Jan founded BANFF NATIONAL PARK NET ZERO 2035, a grass roots initiative comprised of leaders from academia, business and all 3 levels of government to transform Banff into North America’s first net zero emissions community.