Roland Austrup

Roland Austrup serves as Chief Growth Officer and member of the Executive Committee at Innventure (NASDAQ:INV), an Industrial Growth Conglomerate that creates and operates standalone companies from breakthrough technology solutions sourced from multinational corporations.

Since joining Innventure's leadership in 2021, Roland has held multiple strategic roles — Chief Financial Officer (2021–2023), Head of Capital Markets and Executive Committee Member (2023), and Chief Growth Officer (appointed June 2024) — bringing decades of financial and capital markets expertise to the company's systematic approach to technology commercialization. He helped lead Innventure's NASDAQ listing in October 2024.

Roland's career began as a Commodities Broker at ScotiaMcLeod Inc., where he specialized in hedging commodity price risk for corporate clients, followed by a role as Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. In 2003, he co-founded WaveFront Global Asset Management Corp., a Toronto-based global hedge fund company with $1.7 billion in assets under management, where he continues to serve as Chairman & Managing Principal. Previously, he served as WaveFront's President and CEO before transitioning to Managing Principal in 2019. WaveFront focuses on quantitative equity, futures, and multi-alternative strategies.

Roland played a central role in Innventure's evolution from a project-based developer into a publicly traded industrial operating conglomerate that systematically commercializes breakthrough technology solutions sourced from multinational corporations. His strategic repositioning helped shift the business model from a traditional dilutive funding structure to a consolidated conglomerate that funds companies from the parent balance sheet — offering shareholders consolidated exposure to multiple early-stage technology opportunities.

Beyond Innventure and WaveFront, Roland co-founded Envest Corp., a downstream energy company, and serves on the Advisory Boards of the University of Waterloo's Master of Quantitative Finance program and First Tracks Capital, a Canadian private equity firm.

Roland holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Western Ontario (now Western University). He divides his time between Toronto and Florida, where Innventure maintains its Orlando headquarters.

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Roland Austrup serves as Chief Growth Officer and Executive Committee member at Innventure (NASDAQ:INV), an Industrial Growth Conglomerate that creates and operates standalone companies from breakthrough technology solutions developed by multinational corporations. Since joining Innventure's leadership in 2021, Roland has held multiple strategic roles including Chief Financial Officer and Head of Capital Markets, bringing decades of financial expertise to the company's unique model of commercializing R&D. He also serves as Chairman & Managing Principal of WaveFront Global Asset Management Corp., a $1.7 billion AUM Toronto-based global hedge fund company he co-founded in 2003. Roland holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Western Ontario.