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Dion is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cayman Islands Rawlinson & Hunter Group of Companies (“R&H Group”) and is responsible for leadership, strategy, growth, and operational oversight across the R&H Group business lines.

Mr. Degrand has more than 25 years of finance experience, holding senior executive positions in investment banking, international banking, and independent governance firms. He brings industry leading expertise in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, public and private capital markets, valuation, blockchain, and digital assets to his role as Chief Executive Officer of the R&H Group.

Prior to joining Rawlinson & Hunter, Mr. Degrand held senior positions at leading investment banks, including Head of Canadian Energy Investment Banking for a global investment bank and Head of Western Canada, Head of Energy, and board member of one of Canada’s largest independently owned investment dealers. As an investment banker, he advised boards and management teams on domestic and cross border M&A transactions as well as public and private capital financings, supporting clients from entrepreneurial startups to multi-billion-dollar exits.

Most recently, Mr. Degrand served as Chief Business Officer of a CIMA-licenced independent governance firm in the Cayman Islands. In this role, he was responsible for firm-wide strategy and business development, including serving as President and leading the successful launch of the firm’s digital asset support business. During this period, he served on the board of directors of one of the world’s Top 50 largest digital asset token projects, as well as on the board of its real-world-asset tokenisation platform, launched to pioneer the tokenisation and accessibility of traditional public securities onchain.

Mr. Degrand is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA), and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. He is also a Registered Professional Director with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).