As Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, Chris Giansante leads ole’s global Finance and Administration teams, which includes overseeing strategy for IT assets associated with the area and Conductor, the company’s proprietary data analytics and BI system. ole is one of the world’s foremost rights management companies with investments of over $550M in music intellectual property (IP).
Joining ole in 2010 as a member of the Acquisitions team, Chris was responsible for the analysis of prospective deals and overseeing the acquisitions due diligence processes, and has been integral to several of ole’s major transactions. Prior to joining ole, Chris worked as an analyst with RBC Capital Markets. Other experience included a finance role in the automotive sector and with an environmental technologies corp.
Chris received his MBA from the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Business Administration. He is also a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario as a CPA, CMA. Chris currently sits on the Canadian Publishers Committee.