Bio

Mr. Kolbeins has an extensive background in corporate finance, management consulting and engineering management. Prior to co-founding Texada Capital, he was an officer of Compass Capital Advisors, a firm offering middle market investment banking services to the printing industry. Mr. Kolbeins was the Manager of Business Advisory Services for the Mellon Bank Corporate Finance Group where he supervised a financial services staff in acquisition searches, divestiture assistance, valuations, fairness opinions and private placements. Previously, he evaluated acquisitions for Oxbow Corporation, the personal holding company for Mr. William I. Koch. At Resource Planning Associates in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Kolbeins directed strategic planning studies domestically and internationally. His clients included Elf Aquitaine, Groupe Bull, Louisiana Land and Exploration, TOSCO and Consolidated Gold Fields. Mr. Kolbeins has also been affiliated with the World Bank and has several years of engineering experience in Canada, Australia and South Africa. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Business Schoo