Speaker

Glenn Cowan, managing director, head, defence and security investing, ONE9

Glenn Cowan is a Canadian venture capitalist, retired special operations officer, accomplished investor, adventurer, father and skydiving world record holder.
He founded ONE9 in 2013 while serving as an assaulter officer in Canada’s Joint Task Force 2 and has grown ONE9 into one of the country’s leading defence and security ecosystems with a focus on investing in dual-use technologies that are validated by national security end users.

Having deployed on multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, sensitive information operations in the Middle East and hostage recovery efforts in Africa, Cowan has experienced firsthand how decisive action, technological implementation and high-functioning teams are a force multiplier for success.

He holds board observer positions with Tomahawk Robotics, Strider Technologies and Hidden Level Inc. He’s a graduate of McGill University, the army operations course, the special operations assaulter course, Canadian securities course, as well as the executive leadership program at Western University’s Ivey School of Business.