Robert Klein

Robert Klein brings more than 25 years of investment and marketing expertise, making him a prominent leader in the fields of alternative investments, private equity, and cannabis. As CEO of International Star Inc., Robert plays a pivotal role in steering the company toward sustainable growth and strategic innovation. His extensive experience includes serving as a trusted advisor to a prominent family office in Toronto, where he oversees the sourcing and development of direct investment opportunities across multiple asset classes, including equity and debt.

In addition to his role at International Star Inc., Robert is a founding partner of Budding Equity Inc., a company he established over seven years ago to tap into the burgeoning cannabis sector. Under his leadership, Budding Equity has grown through robust partnerships and forward-thinking product offerings, positioning itself as a key player in the cannabis industry. Robert also presides over Convoy Capital Corporation, an alternative investment consulting firm that specializes in hedge fund due diligence, strategic advisory, and business growth planning. Through Convoy Capital, he has helped numerous global managers and family offices enhance their investment strategies and achieve long-term success. Robert's career is distinguished by his ability to secure substantial fundraising, foster product development, and his unwavering commitment to evolving the investment landscape through insightful, strategic advisory services.

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Nochum Greenberg

A director Since July 2022, Nochum is an accomplished innovator with years of experience cultivating organizational resources, having founded and managed multiple businesses over the last decade.

Zvi Raskin

Zvi is a seasoned corporate attorney with nearly 30 years of broad-based legal experience, including over 20 years as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of public and private tech and manufacturing companies, directing company legal affairs. In those capacities, Zvi handled all facets of legal strategy and has significant subject matter expertise in a wide array of legal matters, including contract negotiation and drafting, litigation, corporate governance, SEC filings, stock transfers, equity financing, IPOs, ESOP plans, SOX compliance, mergers & acquisitions, corp. financing, FDA clearance, HR, and managing legal departments and external counsel. Zvi received his law degree (J.D.) from Yale Law School in 1987.

Avi Minkowitz

A long-time entrepreneur passionate about business development, Mr. Minkowitz began working with Leonite Capital in 2021 after a successful tenure at Parkit Enterprise Inc., a publicly held Leonite portfolio company. Avi’s experience includes real estate financing and acquisition, management, debt, and business development at publicly held and private companies. Prior to his career in finance, Avi co-founded two companies that were sold in 2012 and 2018. Avi serves in an advisory role for various start-ups, real estate financing firms and other businesses.

Dan Rubin

Dan’s expertise in identifying emerging markets and investment opportunities, combined with his deep knowledge of creating corporate and product identities, generating marketing channels, and stimulating corporate growth has provided him with a unique perspective on emerging consumer markets – a perspective that he has leveraged to build a forward-thinking company specializing in licensing and channel development. Prior to founding Budding Equity, Dan was a prominent marketing executive within the investment management sector, leading the marketing and business development function at several leading Canadian investment firms. Over the length of his tenure in the financial management space, Dan raised over $9 billion in assets and was the recipient of numerous awards, including Morningstar’s ETF Initiative of the Year.