Richard has almost thirty-five years of business and management experience having worked with firms in a variety of industries and business sectors. He has extensive experience within the high technology, media & entertainment, health sciences and cannabis / medical marketplaces.
Since 1993 Richard W. Evans has been involved in the financial services and management consulting fields and has been involved in the preparation of over 2,850 technical and assessment reports, business plans, valuations, and feasibility studies.
Richard Evans is a Principal of RwE. He has more than ten years of management experience in the high-tech field where he held various positions in sales, marketing, channels management and senior management positions.
Prior to focusing on expanding and diversifying a small financial consulting firm, Richard was extensively involved in the high technology sector in Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest where he served for two years as the General Manager of Sidus Systems Inc. At Sidus he was directly responsible for managing the firm’s C$15 million business operation throughout Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
Previous to this, he spent almost nine years with Digital Equipment of Canada Limited where he was involved in a technical support, sales, marketing, project management and eventually channels management capacity. Richard has been actively involved in the above professional services with hundreds of companies and has served as a Board Member for a select number of public and private firms.
His area of professional expertise is in the micro-cap to mid-cap technology, health science, media & entertainment and cannabis / medical companies, especially firms needing assistance with their valuations, business plans, operating plans and valuations. He has undertaken both buy side and sell side engagements.
Richard has also trained, supervised and managed a small group in his previous firm and was the lead professional to produce due diligence, valuation and business planning reports. He has directly undertaken work used on and relied upon by private companies, public companies and regulatory bodies in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. He has undertaken valuation and expert report work for submission to the Courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Australia.
Richard also has extensive and direct experience in undertaking strategic investment banking activities with many companies. He has also been directly involved in a number of “go-public” and related public capital market transactions, as well as other U.S public/private company transactions. He has personally directed and completed a number of large domestic and international M&A transactions involving complex negotiations.
Richard is extensively involved in sports coaching management and volunteer work throughout B.C. helping young adults and volunteer associations.