Derrick Hunter

President & CEO at Bluesky Equities

Speaker

Derrick is the President and CEO of Bluesky Equities and is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the company, guiding the firm’s investment strategy, and fostering Bluesky’s entrepreneurial culture.

He has been an active member of the local Angel investment community for many years and is a strong advocate for the start-up community. In 2019 Derrick was named Canadian Angel Investor of the Year by the National Angel Capital Organization as well as Technology Investor of the year by Start Alberta.

Derrick chairs the Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Calgary and sits on the board of the Hunter Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haskayne School of Business. He is also a Fellow of Creative Destruction Lab (Rockies), as well as being on the Advisory Boards of UCEED, Platform Calgary and NACO West. He was a member of the Innovation Capital Working Group which advised the Government of Alberta during 2020.

In the not-for-profit sector, he is a member of the Management Advisory Council at the Haskayne School of Business and serves on the boards of Futurpreneur Canada and the Beakerhead Creative Society.

Derrick is a graduate of Queen’s University and the University of Calgary. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). He was the 2018 recipient of the Management Alumni Excellence (MAX) award from the Haskayne School of Business.