About Us

Mr. Cochrane is the CEO and Director of Carbon Streaming Corporation, listed on the NEO Exchange in Canada, and CEO of Nickel 28 Capital Corp. Prior to that he was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Sandstorm Gold Ltd. At Sandstorm, Mr. Cochrane was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing royalty and stream financing transactions across the globe. Mr. Cochrane was a key part of Sandstorm’s team as it grew into one of the largest royalty and stream financing companies in Canada. Prior to Sandstorm Mr. Cochrane was a Vice President at National Bank Financial where he spent some nine years working in the investment banking group. As Vice President, Mr. Cochrane managed primary coverage of BC based clients in the diversified, paper & forest products, power & utilities, resources, cleantech and other sectors. Mr. Cochrane specialised in providing advice to clients on merger and acquisition transactions and equity and debt financing opportunities.

Mr. Cochrane holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with honours, from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Mr. Cochrane is a government ambassador at the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and is a director Nevada Copper Corp.

Neil Johnson is a member of the Investment Committee, an Executive Director and Duke Royalty’s Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for the overall strategic direction and performance of the company. Working closely with the other Board members and the Investment Committee, he leads all deal origination, due diligence and structuring.

Mr. Johnson has over 20 years of experience in investment banking, merchant banking, and research analysis in both the Canadian and UK capital markets. In 2012 he co-founded and became Chief Executive Officer of Difference Capital Financial, a Canadian publicly listed merchant bank. For the previous 19 years he worked for Canaccord Genuity, first in Canada and later at Canaccord London rising to the positions of Head of Corporate Finance (Europe), Global Head of Technology, and a member of the Global Executive Committee. Mr. Johnson was instrumental in the firm becoming authorised as a nominated adviser for AIM and regulated in the UK and London Stock Exchange Main Market listings; he spearheaded the firm’s diversification into the technology industry, and led Canaccord’s initiative to attract North American firms to list in London.

During his tenure the Canaccord European operation grew revenues from less than £5 million to over £50 million, completed over 100 transactions and raised in excess of £3 billion for North American companies listed in London.

Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder.