Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2018
Chief Financial Officer
Sandstorm Gold Royalties
Erfan is the Chief Financial Officer of Sandstorm Gold Royalties, a royalty financing company. Since 2011, Erfan has helped raise over half a billion in debt and equity capital and has deployed more than $600 million in 30 transactions. Prior to Sandstorm, Erfan articled with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he received an accelerated promotion to Senior Manager and managed the audits of billion-dollar multinational entities. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA), a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, and a graduate of the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a BSc. in Mathematics. In the community, Erfan has served as Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Public Library board of directors, is a member of the Library’s Foundation board and is a former member of the UBC Board of Governors. He also spends time as a corporate board member. He has won numerous awards for his professional and charitable achievements including CFO of the Year by Business in Vancouver, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia's Early Achievement Award and Community Service Award and the UBC Alumni Association's Outstanding Student of the Year Award.
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