Officers
Board of Directors
Sales and Business Development Team

Maurice Levesque
Chairman, CEO & Director
Mr. Levesque is a Founder, Chairman CEO and Director of Qwest Investment Management Corp.
He is also Chairman, CEO CCO and Director of Qwest Investment Fund Management Ltd. and Chairman, CEO and Director of Heritage Bancorp Ltd.; both companies are subsidiaries of Qwest Investment Management Corp. Mr. Levesque is Chairman, CEO and Director of Qwest Funds Corp.
Mr. Levesque has over 35 years of experience in the Canadian financial industry. He is recognized for his broad knowledge, skills, experience and leadership in:
- Venture capital
- Financial services
- New business formation and development
Mr. Levesque is a founder and/or director of several private and publicly-traded companies in a variety of industries.

Daryl H. Gilbert
Director
Daryl is a Director for Qwest Investment Management Corp. Daryl is a professional petroleum engineer and is the former President and CEO of GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd, a major independent petroleum evaluation consulting firm based in Calgary.
Following a 25+ year career at GLJ, he retired from the professional consulting field in 2005.
Daryl is currently a Managing Director of JOG Capital Inc., a private equity energy investment management firm. He also serves as a director of several energy-related public entities, including Penn West Petroleum Ltd. and AltaGas Ltd.
Daryl is a member of the Association of Petroleum Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, the Society of Petroleum Engineering and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers.

Don Short
Chief Investment Officer
Don is the Chief Investment Officer, Advising Representative (Portfolio Manager), Dealing Representative and Director of Qwest Investment Fund Management Ltd.
As Chief Investment Officer, Advising Representative (Portfolio Manager), Dealing Representative and Director, Don is responsible for leading Calgary-based portfolio management efforts in:
- Developing investment processes
- Monitoring existing investments
- Conducting investment analysis
- Designing, backtesting and implementing quantitative trading systems
- Performing strategic and financial due diligence across a wide range of industries and investment structures
With Don’s 20+ years of experience in the Canadian financial sector, along with his extensive network of industry relationships, Don has developed the capacity to originate, evaluate and structure new business organizations in various sectors: technology, media, resources and renewals.
Don is also actively involved in mentoring professionals in the investment management process, identifying new investment strategies that fill a need in an evolving investment landscape and partnering with investment management firms to deliver new products.
Don holds two bachelor’s degrees with distinction — Commerce and Computer Science — at the University of Calgary. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Peter Fang
Chief Operating Officer
Peter is Chief Operating Officer (COO), Advising Representative (Portfolio Manager), Dealing Representative and Director of Qwest Investment Fund Management Ltd. a subsidiary of Qwest Investment Management Corp. Peter is also COO of Qwest Investment Management Corp. and COO of Heritage Bancorp Ltd. Peter leads Hoovest Wealth Management, the money management division of Qwest Investment Fund Management Ltd. that he co-established, and is also part of the registered firm’s Compliance and Investment Committees.
Peter has more than 10 years of advisory and financial services experience globally. He has been managing investment assets and advising high net worth clients as a registered advisor since 2013 with investment firms in Canada, most notably Manulife Securities.
Prior to that, Peter was an investment banker with JP Morgan in London UK and CITIC Securities in Hong Kong, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, private placements, spin-off IPOs, rights issues and other corporate finance activities.
Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from UBC and a master’s degree in Management and Regulation of Risk from the London School of Economics. He is a CFA charterholder.

Sohail Thobani
CFO & Director
Sohail is the Chief Financial Officer for all Qwest Group companies and a director of Qwest Investment Management Corp., Qwest Investment Fund Management Ltd. and Heritage Bancorp Ltd. Sohail is responsible for managing Qwest’s financial affairs, including finance, accounting, performance management, capital, treasury, and taxation. As a member of Qwest’s Executive leadership team, Sohail is also responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of Qwest Group companies.
Sohail joined Qwest in 2019 bringing with him significant financial services experience. His career spans over 19 years in financial services, working in North America, Europe, and emerging markets of Asia. Prior to joining Qwest, Sohail spent 13 years working in London, United Kingdom, in leading retail and investment banking firms such as Barclays, NatWest Group and Nationwide Building Society. He has also been associated with KPMG UK’s Banking and Capital Markets division. Working with these prestigious organizations, Sohail led and is recognized for delivering various IFRS, finance regulatory and finance change projects, most notably IFRS 9. He has also led acquisition and due diligence projects and has acted as a finance and accounting advisor to senior management on various strategic matters.
Sohail is a Canadian CPA, CGA, Fellow Certified Accountant from UK and a Fellow Chartered Accountant from Pakistan. He also holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Karachi. He was trained as a CA in the financial services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Stephen P. McCoach
Director
Stephen is a Director for Qwest Investment Management Corp. Stephen is also the Chairman of Knightswood Financial Corp., a publicly-traded merchant banking company. Stephen also holds the positions of Chairman and Director of Trilogy Bancorp Ltd., a venture capital and merchant banking company formed in 1989. Stephen is also a founder and/or director of several private and publicly-traded companies in a range of industries.
Stephen received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University and became a chartered accountant with KPMG. Stephen is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants.
He enjoys boating and travelling in his spare time.

Glenn Warkentin
Corporate Secretary
Glenn is the Corporate Secretary for Qwest Investment Management Corp. Glenn is also a partner at Shea Nerland LLP.
For over 25 years, Glenn has worked with public issuers, closely held corporations, limited partnerships and trusts providing advice and direction regarding corporate structure, corporate reorganizations, regulatory compliance and capital raising.
Glenn received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta and was called to the bar in 1990. He also received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Western Washington University.

Cindy Bower
Senior Manager, Business Development & Client Service
Cindy is the Senior Manager, Business Development & Client Services for Qwest Investment Management Corp. Cindy has over 25 successful years of business development, investor relations and client services experience in the Canadian financial sector. Cindy’s experience gives Qwest valuable industry relationships.
Along with providing client service support to investment advisors, Cindy manages marketing communications and the online digital presence for Qwest. She also manages key relationships with external stakeholders and is a member of the Operations Committee.
Prior to joining Qwest, she worked for Prism Sulphur Corporation as a Market Research Secretary and the Mark Anthony Group as Coordinator, Domestic Sales.
Cindy obtained a certificate in Marketing Communications at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and also in Desktop Publishing / Graphic Arts from McKay Technical Institute.

Victor Lapointe
Vice President, Director of Sales
Victor is the Vice-President and Director of Sales for Qwest Investment Management Corp. Victor is responsible for business development, including support and education of Qwest’s investment solutions with our valued clients.
Prior to joining Qwest, Victor was an investment advisor guiding more than 400 families on capital growth, preservation and tax efficiency. He has also spent several years focused on the retail regulatory side of the financial services industry.
He has been in financial services for more than 20 years. He earned his double honours degree from York University in Toronto.