PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Benjamin (”Ben”) P. Watsa

is CEO and Founder of Marval Capital Ltd. ("Marval") which began operations in 2017 and manages over $300 million in assets investing in Indian equities.

Mr. Watsa has over two decades of experience in the investment industry. In 2001, he launched his career and spent over five years as an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at Banc of America Securities and then at Cochran Caronia Waller. Mr. Watsa then transitioned to become a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Lissom Investment Management Inc. He served for nearly eleven years and ran its small and mid-cap. North American fund before founding Marval.

In addition to Marval, Mr. Watsa serves as; a director of both Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and Fairfax India Holdings Corporation, the advisory board of Impression Ventures, and has been honoured with the position of director emeritus for his work and contributions as a director and the Vice Chair of the Investment Committee for the Rideau Hall Foundation.

Mr. Watsa was recognized as a top 50 Under 50 Indo-Canadian leader, and is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and of the Toronto Club’s Membership Committee.