Peter-Paul has over 20 years of experience in banking in Europe. After moving to Canada in 2010, he worked with several young companies and realized that there are no efficient channels for attracting capital and that most investor are locked out from investing in private companies. Peter-Paul is the founder and CEO of Silver Maple Ventures Inc., the company that built and operates Canada’s leading investment crowdfunding platform FrontFundr and DealSquare, Canada’s first centralized dealer platform for private placements. He is a member of the advisory committees of the Private Capital Markets Association in Canada (PCMA) and National Crowdfunding Association Canada (NCFA). Peter-Paul holds a Master of Science in business economics and finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.