Board of Advisors

• Bill Cilluffo

  Bill Cilluffo is the President, International Business for Capital One, one of North America’s largest consumer franchises. Mr. Cilluffo is responsible for leading the international lines of business for Capital One. In this role, he is accountable for the overall strategic direction, marketing, operations and financial performance of the Canada and UK segments of the Fortune 500 company. Since joining Capital One in 1994, Mr. Cilluffo has served in several leadership positions including President of Capital One Canada where he continues to be directly involved in the daily management of Capital One’s Canadian interests. As Deputy Chief Credit Officer for the corporation, Mr. Cilluffo had oversight of all central operations for the group and was accountable for improving the credit management capabilities of the company. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Corporate Development and Divisional Credit Officer for Capital One’s Diversified businesses. Mr. Cilluffo graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994 with a degree in economics. He is also a graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program..

• Richard Kostoff

  Richard Kostoff is a Canadian financial services professional with 35 years of experience in the investment industry. He is currently the principal of Templar Investments, a consulting and advisory firm, located in Toronto and most recently was the Deputy Chair of TD Securities.

  At TD Securities, Richard was responsible for senior capital markets coverage related to a wide variety of government, infrastructure and corporate financing assignments.

  Over the course of his career, Richard’s senior management responsibilities included: fixed income sales and trading, derivative marketing and equity and debt capital markets origination. In addition to TD Securities, Richard’s relevant experience includes RBC Dominion Securities (Director), Gordon Capital (Partner), Pemberton Securities (Senior Vice President), and Midland Doherty (Vice President). He started his career at Canada Life Assurance Company as a junior fixed income trader in 1972.

• Colin Evans

  Director

  Colin Evans is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sandwith Ventures, LLC, a San Francisco based investment firm focusing on angel and Series A investments in consumer oriented e-commerce and marketplace businesses. Previous to launching Sandwith, Colin was a Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Business Development at StubHub.com, a successful online ticket exchange founded in 2000 and sold to eBay in early 2007 for $310 million. Colin oversaw four main functions while at StubHub including all sports and music sponsorships, business development partnerships, corporate sales and the LargeSeller program, which aggregated and serviced all the inventory providers on StubHub. Prior to joining StubHub, Colin worked as an Associate at TA Associates, a venture capital firm, at their headquarters in Boston. TA Associates provided late stage venture capital to high growth companies and Colin focused specifically on companies in the consumer products, financial services and business services industries. Prior to TA Associates, Colin worked at Bankers Trust (now part of Deutsche Bank) in the Private Equity division, BT Capital Partners. Colin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with dual degrees in Economics, with Honors, and Bioengineering. Colin sits on the Board of Zipidee, Inc. and is an official advisor to seven additional internet companies primarily concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area.