Marwaan Karame

Marwaan Karame consults businesses in the areas of Value Based Management (VBM) and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Previously, Mr. Karame worked in investment banking for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) and Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) advising companies in the areas of M&A, Private Placement, Debt Financing, IPOs, and VBM.

Prior to DLJ and CSFB, he worked for Stern Stewart & Co., leading Fortune 500 companies to create sustainable gains to shareholder wealth by aligning the interests of management with shareholders. Through a customized financial management system, incentive compensation design, and value based finance-training curriculum, Mr. Karame assisted companies to adopt the concepts of Economic Value Added. These concepts were applied to various industries including Automotive, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Industrial Manufacturing, and Oil Exploration and Production.

Preceding Stern Stewart, he managed Ivey Business Consulting Group, a boutique business-consulting firm that served small to middle market companies. Mr. Karame started his professional career working for one of the world's top sales organizations, Xerox, where he managed executive relationships with Canada's largest companies, selling Xerox's high-end information technology and services.

Mr. Karame has been a keynote speaker for several Wall Street Research Analyst seminars and has conducted workshops for 1,000+ Fortune 500 executives, lecturing on the topics of VBM and M&A. Mr. Karame also
authored:

• EVA Can Do More Than Measure Performance, The Globe and Mail
• Dream Big - 3 financial models for executives looking to become their own boss, American Executive
• Leading a Value-Based Management Implementation, The Trusted Professional
• Pure Performance, American Executive
• Time to Sell, American Executive (co-authored)

Mr. Karame holds an MBA in finance from Richard Ivey School of Business and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics from St. Lawrence University.