TEAM

Who We Are

John Clemes

John Clemes

Founder and President

John founded Juno Finance in 2005 and has over 30 years of investment banking experience.

Prior to setting up Juno, John spent 15 years in Paris in institutional equity sales and as Head of UK – North America Sales with Oddo, Credit Suisse Securities and HSBC CCF Securities, and as Head of Equity Sales for HSBC Securities. Before that he was in capital markets business development with RBC Dominion Securities in Paris and worked as a financial analyst in Montreal with CP Rail and Zellers (a subsidiary of the Hudson’s Bay Company). John is Canadian, with an Honours BBA from WLU in Waterloo, Canada, and an MBA in Finance from McGill University in Montreal.

Allan Yarish

Allan Yarish

Director

Allan has more than 30 years in investment banking. Prior to joining Juno in 2013, Allan was a partner for 5 years at Channel Capital Advisors, a London-based credit investment manager, where he worked as a portfolio manager on bank loan and credit derivatives strategies. Before then for 6 years he served as Managing Director and Head of Credit Portfolio Management (CPM) at Société Générale. During that time, Allan was also involved in the establishment of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Management (“IACPM”) and served as IACPM Chairman in 2008. Before Société Générale, Allan worked at Royal Bank of Canada for almost 20 years, finishing as Managing Director and Head of CPM activities for RBC’s corporate loan portfolio. Allan is Canadian and holds an MA (Economics) from University of Western Ontario, a BA (Economics) from University of Manitoba, and is a CFA® charterholder.

Ally Kidd

Ally Kidd

Head of Investor Relations

Ally joined Juno Finance in 2017 as Head of Investor Relations and has over 15 years of experience in asset management. Prior to Juno, Ally worked at Sarasin & Partners as Client Relationship Manager within the retail sales team and was Head of Broker Sales and Client Relationship Management at Liontrust Asset Management. Before that, she was a Client Relationship Manager at Jupiter Asset Management. Ally is British and holds the Investment Management Certificate.

Céline Vary

Céline Vary

Head of Operations

Céline joined Juno Finance in 2010 as Head of Operations. Prior to Juno she worked in Mali for a year at the Nutrition Program for UNICEF. Before that she founded and developed a federation for social assistance near Paris and worked at France Boissons (Heineken Group) first as a commercial and administrative assistant to the marketing department then as the executive assistant to the CEO. Céline is French and holds a Master in Administrative Management degree (VAE CAFDES, France).

We are Canadian Market Specialists

John Clemes and Allan Yarish each have 30+ years of banking and financial markets experience dealing with Canada. They have known each other for 40 years, and they know how to curl!

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Our Internship Programme

Juno Finance has periodic needs for motivated finance interns. If you wish to apply to Juno’s internship program, contact us below.