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Mr. Wallace is the Managing Partner of Second City Capital Corporation, a $100 million (US ) private equity and mezzanine loan fund. Mr. Wallace was also the founder of Stirling Mercantile Corporation, which arranges private placements of debt and equity for both public and private corporations. Mr. Wallace began his career in banking over 25 years ago. In 1988 he acquired an architectural glass manufacturing business in a leveraged buyout he arranged, and then ran that company until he sold his interest to his partner in 1993. He then joined Canadian Maple Leaf Financial Corporation, a publicly traded Merchant Bank, as Chief Operating Officer. In 1998 he left that firm to set up Stirling Mercantile. At Second City , Mr. Wallace focuses on acquisitions of, and providing alternative financing to, mid-market companies in Canada and the United States . Mr. Wallace is a director of Greening Donald Company Ltd. (automotive parts), Premium Brands Income Fund (food products), BOS Rentals (oilfield services), The Rockford Corporation (pipeline construction) and Mobile Lottery Solutions Inc. (gaming technology). Mr. Wallace is a graduate of Queen’s University (BA Hons. 1979) in Economics. | 