Mr. Hand joined the Seven Generations Board of Directors on March 7, 2017. Mr. Hand retired in January 2017 from his role as a Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets where he had senior responsibility for the firm’s equity capital markets group and advised corporate clients in connection with a wide range of transactions. He joined RBC Capital Markets in 1974. Mr. Hand spent more than 43 years in the investment business with various roles in the private client, equity capital markets and institutional equity areas. He was previously the Head of Global Equity Trading for 11 years and was directly responsible for the firm’s North American and international equity trading. Mr. Hand earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (1969) and a Master of Business Administration (1973) from Queen’s University.