Jordan Banks
Managing Director, Facebook Canada
Jordan Banks is the managing director of Facebook Canada, responsible for leading and managing all commercial operations at the Facebook Canada office based in Toronto, Ontario. Currently, there are over 15 million Canadians actively using Facebook.
Previously, Jordan was the managing partner at Thunder Road Capital, which he founded to provide investment and advisory services to early stage technology companies.
Jordan was also the chief executive officer of JumpTV (TSX: NLN), a leading broadcaster of sports and international television over the Internet which was sold in 2008 to Charles Wang and his company, NeuLion Inc.
Prior to joining JumpTV, Jordan served as the managing director of eBay Canada. Jordan helped launch eBay Canada in 2000 and was the second employee of the Canadian office of eBay Inc.
In his role of managing director at eBay Canada, Jordan had overall responsibility for the ongoing development of the eBay business in Canada. Jordan and his team were ultimately responsible for growing the activity of Canadians on eBay to over one billion dollars in 2007 which accounted for approximately 25% of all Canadian e-commerce activity.
Before joining eBay Canada, Jordan managed the Licensing and International Business group at the National Hockey League Players’ Association where he was responsible for all global retail product and event licensees as well as identifying and pursuing new areas of business for the organization.
A lawyer by profession, Jordan also practiced corporate law at Goodmans in Toronto.
Over the course of the past two decades, Jordan has personally championed numerous efforts relating to raising money and awareness for Alzheimer’s research and care. As part of that commitment, Jordan was the founder of both the Twitter movement called “A Million Tweets to Remember” as well as the popular fundraising event called Sportsfest.
Jordan is a member of the Board of Directors for Well.ca, Cogniciti, The Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Baycrest Centre, as well as sitting on the Advisory Boards of Havergal College, The Mark News, Polar Mobile and the Canadian Innovation Exchange. Jordan is also one of seven business leaders who form the Canadian Football League’s “Commissioner's Council", dedicated to the future growth of the CFL and he also sits on the Corporate Advisory Committee at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Jordan is a Charter Member of C100, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Canadian technology entrepreneurship and investment and he is proud to serve as a business mentor as part of the Next 36, an organization focused on helping launch the entrepreneurial careers of 36 of Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates students.
Jordan is a member of the Young President’s Organization and Jordan was previously named one of Canada's “Top 40 Under 40” honorees – a celebrated, national program that honors leaders for their achievements in leadership, vision, innovation, community involvement and contribution. Additionally. Jordan was also named one of the four inaugural winners of the Hugo Boss “Leave a Mark Award” celebrating “men of excellence” in Canada.