TREVOR JOHNSTONE
Founder & Investment Committee Member
Trevor is a founder of Parallel49 Equity’s predecessor, Tricor Pacific Capital, and is based in Vancouver.
Since the firm’s founding, Trevor has been involved in all aspects of the firm’s operations, management and investment decisions, including serving as chairman or board member of several of Parallel49 Equity’s prior portfolio companies. Trevor was Chairman of Pacifica Papers, a prior portfolio company, at the time of its merger with Norske Skog Canada Limited (now Catalyst Paper Corporation). Trevor was also Chairman of Matrix Packaging at the time of its acquisition by Sonoco Products Co. Trevor served as Managing Director at Tricor until his recent retirement from that position. Today, Trevor remains a significant investor in the firm and continues to serve on its investment committee.
Prior to the formation of Tricor, Trevor spent 19 years as a practicing public accountant, initially with a leading international accounting firm and thereafter as a founding partner of a local Vancouver accounting firm.
Trevor obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Fellow of The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
