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Heather Molloy

Founder and Managing Partner

Speedwell Partners

Heather Quinn Molloy, Founder and Managing Partner of Speedwell Partners, has over twenty five years of experience in capital markets and began investing and consulting in the legal US cannabis market in 2015. Speedwell Partners is an active equity investor in proven operators and business models in the US cannabis market.

Heather also serves on the board of Gold Flora and select private companies. Previously, Heather was with TerrAscend Corp. where she served as Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of Corporate Development. In this role, successfully closed over $300mm in acquisitions and managed significant capital raising and investor relations.

Before moving into the cannabis industry, Heather was a founder of two registered investment advisors with over $800mm in assets under management. Asset types included senior direct real estate loans, equipment-based financing, emerging market lending, structured credit, derivative strategies, mezzanine debt and private equity.

Previously Heather spent over 14 years at Swiss Re where she was instrumental in launching the structured credit business. She structured and marketed multiple deals, established trading relationships for a proprietary derivatives product company and helped launch an asset backed commercial paper conduit in Canada. Heather has an MBA with a concentration in finance from the New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business and graduated cum laude from Boston College with degrees in Marketing and Philosophy.