our team
Mathew George, CFA
Vice President
Mathew manages TELUS Ventures, the strategic Venture Capital arm of TELUS Corporation. Prior to founding TELUS Ventures in 2001, Mathew managed the global co-investment and direct private equity investment activities of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund. Mathew has also worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Warburg Dillon Read and Barclays de Zoete Wedd both in London and New York, and with the Investment Management Group at Paribas Asset Management in Paris. Mathew holds a Master of Business Management degree from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commericiales (HEC) in Paris, with specialization in Analytical Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. His Bachelor of Technology (Honors) degree is in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Regional Engineering College in Kozhikode, India. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Vision Critical and previously for Apparent Networks, Critical Telecom, Hostopia.com, and the Arts Club Theatre Company. Mathew is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute and the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts.
Alan Strachan, P.Eng.
Director
Alan is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities in the Network Infrastructure sector as well as for conducting technology assessments of all potential investment opportunities for TELUS Ventures. Alan has more than 25 years of experience in data, IP and fibre optic communications and is currently a member of the DSL and Messaging Forums. Alan has worked in network planning, data communications, major account sales, special services, TELUS Internet Services, the TELUS IP-One (managed VoIP telecom) initiative, as well as on the original DARPA project. Alan has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering specializing in Photonics from the University of Victoria. He has been a member of the IEEE for 25 years and has held various executive positions including Chairman of the Victoria Section. He also sits on the advisory board of the Continuing Studies Program at the University of British Columbia in Internet Administration and e-Business.
Tanasut Rasmidatta, CMA, CFA
Director
Tanasut is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities in the Wireless Applications sector as well as co-ordinating the financial analysis and valuation of prospective investment opportunities. Tanasut joined TELUS Ventures in 2004 after five years as a senior investment analyst at the largest venture capital fund in Manitoba where he was involved in the assessment of new investment opportunities, the management of divestitures, and served on the Board of Directors for a number of portfolio companies. Prior to that, Tanasut was a founder and CFO for a start-up Internet service provider that grew to become one of the largest ISPs in Manitoba over a four year period. Tanasut graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Computer Science. Tanasut has also completed the Canadian Securities Course, the Canadian Futures Course and the Canadian Options Course. Tanasut sits as an Observer on the Rx Networks Board of Directors, and is a member of the Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of BC, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts.