Bio

Bob is a founder and Managing Partner of HKZ Private Capital. Mr. Hole purchased Haakon Industries Ltd. in 1982. Haakon is recognized as one of North America’s leading industrial, institutional and high-end commercial custom air handling and air conditioning designer and manufacturers. Since purchasing Haakon, Mr. Hole transformed a money losing business to include four manufacturing plants located in the US and Canada with integrated custom engineering and proprietary software production systems capabilities. The company has received a Canadian Award for business excellence in the entrepreneurial category and was selected as a B.C. finalist for the Top Fifty Best Managed Private Companies in Canada. Prior to acquiring and leading Haakon, Mr. Hole worked as a negotiator/estimator for a large Canadian Mechanical Contractor. Bob has years of experience developing and executing organic and acquisition growth strategies. Bob graduated with honors from the University of B.C. receiving a degree in business. He achieved a Chartered Accountancy after completing his articles with KPMG.