Yuri Navarro

Executive Director - National Angel Capital Organization (NACO)

Yuri Navarro is a strategy consultant with more than five years of experience working with government and businesses in the Ontario technology sector. Yuri has presided over the renewal and growth of the National Angel Capital Organization since 2012 by focusing on the organization's value to stakeholders and supporting the growth and professionalization of Canada's Angel asset-class with resources, best practices and research. Yuri's time in Government included working as Policy Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, focusing primarily on developing opportunities to benefit Ontario's Economy, and overseeing the government's strategy for supporting Small and Medium Enterprises. As a Policy Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Yuri was also instrumental in developing the provincial strategy on energy conservation and smart grid under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act of 2008. In 2009, Yuri founded NAVY Global Consulting where he has worked with technology clients, mainly operating in the energy sector, to commercialize their innovative solutions and bring products to market. As an advisor to Ryerson's Centre for Urban Energy, Yuri supported efforts to set up the CUE's business accelerator program and help energy sector entrepreneurs to commercialize their urban energy innovations.