Francis Shen

Francis N.
Shen was the founder of Aastra Technologies Ltd., founded in 1983, where the title held was Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer from 1996 to 2014.
Current jobs include President & Chief Executive Officer at Shen Capital Corp.
since 1995; Co-Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Leadership Council at the University of Toronto; Director at the Toronto International Film Festival Group; Director at the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation; Independent Director at ICEsoft Technologies Canada Corp.
since 2021; Director at UHN Foundation since 2014; and President at Shen Capital Partners, Inc. since 2019.
Former jobs include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Mitel Communications, Inc. (Texas) from 1986 to 1996; President & Chief Executive Officer at Aastra Telecom, Inc. from 1986 to 1996; Chairman at Vitalhub Corp.
from 2023 to 2026; Independent Director at MediaValet, Inc. from 2019 to 2023; Director at Mitel Networks Corp.
in 2014; Director at Ackroo, Inc.; Director at NEXT Canada; and Member of the Governors Board at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto in 1981 and a graduate degree from the University of Toronto in 1983.