Martin Cheski will be leading the strategy and execution of corporate development initiatives that support Telus’ long-term growth, portfolio optimisation and value creation priorities.
Martin Cheski has left his role as partner and investment director at Telus Global Ventures, the investment arm of Canadian technology and services company Telus, to take on the position of vice-president, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and divestitures at Telus.
In the LinkedIn post announcing his new role, Cheski said he would be leading Telus’ “M&A and divestiture strategy and execution, working with Telus leaders and other partners across the deal ecosystem to identify and advance opportunities that support Telus’ strategic priorities”.
Cheski, who has been with Telus since 2012, led fund operations at Telus Global Ventures for the past four years, helping growth-stage founders scale across digital health, agtech, 5G, internet-of-things and software-as-a-service.
Founded in 2001, Telus Global Ventures invests from the corporate’s balance sheet, deploying between $150m and $200m every year. The fund invests between $10m and $15m in post-series A startups working in digital health, agtech, enterprise platforms, IoT, infrastructure, food technology, AI, connected consumer solutions and impact sectors.
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