Canaccord Capital Inc. has appointed Mark Maybank as a director. He was appointed as the company’s chief operating officer on Aug. 3.

Mark Maybank, 36, joined Canaccord Capital Corp. — the Canadian investment dealer that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company — in 2001. In April 2003, he became an executive vice-president and director of Canaccord Capital Corp. and, on Aug. 3, he was appointed its president and COO. Until that appointment, he had been responsible for Canaccord’s research activity.

Before joining Canaccord, Maybank was an executive vice-president and director of Itemus Inc., a technology services and software development firm. Before that, he was a technology analyst with Yorkton Securities Inc. and chief financial officer of a U.S. based cellular services company. Before that, he held various positions with a large multinational accounting and consulting firm. Maybank is a chartered accountant and a chartered business valuator.