Board of Directors

Christopher E.M. Payne, Director

Christopher (Chris) Payne joins NGRAIN with over 25 years of private equity experience, investing in over 25 different technology companies in North America, including NGRAIN in 2007. In the two years since Chris became a founding partner of Genuity Capital Partners, he has helped the business grow to over $200 million in assets with investments in 12 portfolio companies; one third of which are technology-related businesses.

Prior to joining Genuity in 2005, Chris spent 5 years with CIBC Capital Partners as a Managing Director broadly responsible for a portfolio of investments including leading technology-related companies.

From 1997 to 2000, Chris worked as a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and investor in several early-stage technology companies based in Palo Alto, California. During the late 1980's, Chris spent over 8 years working on Wall Street with Merrill Lynch and The Blackstone Group.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queens University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.