Jeffrey was born in Grand Falls, New Brunswick and raised in Toronto, Canada. Jeff comes from a multi-generational business and entrepreneurial family. His childhood and early professional career were spent working with and advising family-owned enterprises with an owner-operator approach to entrepreneurship. Applying this unique lens to his professional career, Jeff quickly learned from interactions with corporate executives and founder owned businesses that personal growth and fulfillment would only come from getting one’s hands dirty and building a lasting legacy.

Prior to founding Woodward Capital, Jeff worked in the New York office of Goldman Sachs in their M&A Group, focused on executing M&A, Financing and Leveraged Buyout transactions typically ranging from $200mm – $5Bn. In this role, Jeff worked with management teams across 30+ industry sectors including Manufacturing, Industrials, Consumer Products, Technology and Healthcare. Jeff joined The Sponsor M&A Group at Goldman Sachs in 2018 and managed all aspects of diligence, negotiation, and deal execution in companies between $10mm and $200mm of EBITDA. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Jeff spent three years in the M&A Group at Atlas Advisors, a lower middle market focused investment bank based in NYC. Jeff has overseen dozens of capital raise, financing, strategic advisory and M&A transactions representing over $10Bn in enterprise value.

Jeff sits on the board of SeaFort Capital, a middle market Private Equity firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also serves as a Class Liaison in the Ivey Alumni Network and was previously Chair of Strategic Initiatives at Save Our Scruff (Dog Rescue & Shelter).

Jeff earned an MBA from London Business School and an Honours in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey Business School at Western University. In his free time, Jeff enjoys playing hockey, golf, and tennis. Jeff is a travel enthusiast and enjoys exploring the outdoors and spending time with family and friends and his dog Archie.