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MCI Capital Markets’ go-to-market strategy differs significantly from standard agencies.

MCI Capital Markets

We are a diverse network of senior professionals distributed throughout North America delivering strategic investor relations.

MCI Capital Markets is comprised of a diverse network of senior professionals distributed throughout North America. It’s senior professionals working together to deliver results.

Standard Agency

At most agencies, senior professionals get the business but junior, inexperienced associates do the work.

In standard agencies, senior professionals get the business but junior associates do the work.
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Our team of capital market experts each possess extensive industry experience combined with formal financial backgrounds. We have worked with some of North America’s largest success stories and have collectively added billions in market value to our clients in recent years.

TOM MCMILLAN

Tom McMillan has more than 20 years of experience across agency based and internal investor relations, corporate communications, and marketing roles. Across 25 companies he has packaged more than CA$3 billion in M&A transactions, CA$2.6 billion in financings, and won numerous accolades including IR magazine’s best investor relations for a mid-cap company (2022). Tom’s focus is capital market turnarounds, where he helps companies implement the systems and communications required to drive stronger engagement with both the buy and sell sides of the street. He helped Parkland Corporation (TSX:PKI) deliver a 197% improvement in its share price over 56 months, and Stantec (TSX/NYSE:STN) deliver a 155% improvement in its share price over 30 months. He has led and worked with multidisciplinary teams to manage organizational change, crisis communications, activist investors, employee engagement, government relations, and marketing.

TODD COAKWELL, CPA

Todd Coakwell brings over 16 years of experience shaping market narratives, managing investor engagement, and executing capital markets strategies for publicly traded global agriculture, chemical, mining and energy companies. A strategic and results-driven investor relations leader and CPA, he has partnered with CEOs, CFOs, and Boards to craft compelling investor messaging, lead high-profile capital markets events, and navigate complex situations such as shareholder activism, mergers, and market volatility. Todd combines deep financial acumen and sustainability expertise to strengthen governance, align stakeholders, and drive strategic growth. His career includes building Nutrien’s (TSX/NYSE:NTR) inaugural investor relations function and leading sustainability communications with investors through evolving ESG expectations —efforts that enhanced ESG ratings, reinforced investor confidence, and elevated corporate valuation.

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Strategies for when Activists Investors are Stalking You

How do you address an activist investor stalking your company?

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Are you being stalked by an activist investor quietly accumulating your stock? This guide shows how to respond. From identifying activists early, using stock surveillance to monitor their activity, and engaging with activists constructively, learn how preparation, open communication, and proactive strategy tweaks can turn an activist threat into an opportunity for positive change.

Post Davos 2026 Investor Strategies

In the Aftermath of Davos 2026, How Should Companies Adapt Their Investor Strategy?

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Companies must adapt their capital markets and investor strategies post Davos 2026. Davos clarified the risks investors must now actively price, from geopolitical exposure and trade volatility to capital allocation discipline. This article explains what changed at Davos and how global companies should adapt their disclosure and capital markets strategy to maintain credibility, manage investor expectations, and protect valuation.

The Death of Sustainability and ESG

Is Sustainability Dead or Has the Market Simply Moved On?

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Is sustainability dead? Not exactly. While ESG narratives and public commitments have pulled back, capital markets still rely on sustainability data through risk, governance, and financial lenses. This article explains why sustainability has reset, how regulators slowed momentum, and what investors, banks, analysts, and IR teams still need today.

How Should Public Companies Prepare to Raise Capital in the Public Markets?

How To Prepare to Raise Capital in the Public Markets

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Raising capital in the public markets can unlock new growth for an established company. However, success requires diligent preparation and strategy. This post outlines how public companies can prepare effectively – from defining the use of proceeds and planning the raise, choosing between equity vs debt, tailoring investor communications, building key relationships, and executing a capital raise with confidence.

Stock Splits and Consolidations (Reverse stock splits)

Stock Splits and Consolidations – The Risks and Benefits to Capital Market Performance

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Stock splits and reverse stock splits do not create value on their own. However, they play an important role in how public companies manage liquidity, accessibility, and investor perception. This article explains when stock splits and share consolidation make sense, the risks involved, and how boards and management teams should frame these decisions within a broader capital markets strategy.

Returning Capital to Shareholders

Returning Capital to Shareholders: Dividends, Special Payouts, and Share Buybacks

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Returning capital to shareholders is a key part of a public company’s capital markets strategy. After funding growth and operations, management must decide how to give excess cash back to shareholders as part of their value creation plan. In this post, we explain the main ways of returning capital to shareholders – regular dividends, special…

Implementing AI in your capital markets function

Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Your Capital Markets Program

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Artificial intelligence has already become table stakes for corporate capital market functions. Laggards in adopting AI are already watching their valuation lag behind companies that are taking advantage of the efficiency, scale, and enhanced engagement made possible by AI.

Preparing for Your Initial Public Offering

Preparing for Your Initial Public Offering & Getting it Right

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Your company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) will set the tone for how the capital markets perceive your company for years. When companies get it right, the IPO becomes a foundation for durable access to capital and long-term success. However, when companies fall short in their IPO preparation process, the damage can linger and hold down the company’s valuation over the long-term.

Building an Investment-Grade Investor Presentation

Building an Investment-Grade Investor Presentation

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Investors judge the quality of your company through the quality of its investor presentation and other materials. The look, feel, brand, and clarity of the investor presentation will determine how the company, its prospects, and management credibility is perceived.

Seeking Capital Market Experts?

The capital markets can be bewildering, even to the most experienced management teams. We believe that most executives are committed to maximizing shareholder value, but poorly executed investor relations can lead to valuation loss, reputational damage, employee attrition, deal failure, and even shareholder revolt.

MCI has helped its clients unlock billions of dollars in market value through a proven system that delivers sound messaging, branding, and engagement strategies. Over the past two decades our team has been involved in $5.7 billion in corporate actions that include $3.1 billion in acquisitions and $2.6 billion in financings-all successful.

MCI can help you resolve unfair valuation discounts and get the most out of your company’s public listing. Contact us today to engage our data driven, results focused process to unleash real progress.