Mr. Alexis de Rosnay reports

CANACCORD GENUITY ANNOUNCES NEW HEAD OF SECURITIES IN UK & EUROPE CAPITAL MARKETS OPERATIONS

Mark Iannotti will join Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. as managing director and head of securities, United Kingdom and Europe, effective Sept. 29, 2015.

Mr. Iannotti brings more than two decades of broad capital markets experience to his role. In addition to an extensive record as a top-ranked equity research analyst in the international oil and gas sector, he has a working knowledge of financing and operating challenges facing growth companies through his board and private equity experience. As head of securities, United Kingdom and Europe, he will focus on further improving Canaccord Genuity's co-ordination of sales, trading and equity research offerings, as well as strengthening the firm's coverage of institutional investors in the region.

Reporting to Alexis de Rosnay, Mr. Iannotti will also work closely with investment banking to ensure a consistent service offering for clients of Canaccord Genuity's capital markets business in the United Kingdom and Europe and stronger collaboration with global capital markets operations.

"Mark possesses a mix of leadership and entrepreneurial qualities which make him uniquely suited to lead our securities business in the United Kingdom and Europe," said Alexis de Rosnay, chief executive officer, Canaccord Genuity Ltd. (United Kingdom and Europe). "I look forward to working closely him as we continue in our efforts to grow our business and improve our market share in the region."

Mr. Iannotti began his career at Wood Mackenzie Consultants, where he was focused on the Asian and Indian subcontinent energy markets. He has subsequently held senior research positions at Cazenove & Co., Credit Suisse and Citigroup and served as a member of Bank of America Merrill Lynch's EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) executive committee and head of its EMEA equity research division. Most recently, Mr. Iannotti was a partner of private equity boutique, Lothian Partners. He is a founding shareholder and will continue to serve as director of Savannah Petroleum.