Clint Davis is CEO of Cedar Leaf Capital, Canada’s first majority Indigenous-owned investment dealer focused on fostering greater Indigenous participation in capital markets. He has over 10 years of experience in the financial sector, primarily in commercial banking. He served at the executive level for one of the big five banks where he developed and led the Indigenous Banking strategy. He was on the Board of Directors for Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB), the Schedule 1 bank wholly owned subsidiary of Vancity and Chair of the Governance and Executive Compensation Committee. He was also a member of the Investment Committee for the first and only Indigenous venture capital fund, Raven Capital Partners, in Canada.

Clint is a recognized national leader in Indigenous business and worked with Indigenous communities and development corporations from coast to coast to coast for over 20 years. He is the former Board Chair of Nunatsiavut Group of Companies, the economic development corporation for his community. He is also the former CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal (now Indigenous) Business and the former CEO of Nunasi Corporation, an Inuit Development Corporation headquartered in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Clint was recognized for his contribution to Indigenous business with the Indspire Award in the Business and Commerce category, the highest honour awarded to an individual by the Indigenous community. In 2015, Clint was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni by Acadia University. He recently received the King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami for his contribution to Canada and specifically to Inuit.

A graduate of Harvard University, Clint holds his Master in Public Administration degree in business and government policy. He was also a Canada-US Fulbright Scholar. Prior to earning his master’s degree, Clint completed his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at Dalhousie University, as well as his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Finance from Acadia University. Clint has an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

He is Inuk from Labrador and a Beneficiary under the Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement.