Darryl is a proud member of Cote First Nation in Treaty 4 territory. He has been a banker, entrepreneur, board member, life coach, very passionate and excited about the future for our people in the communities and the business world. He has spent his entire career walking with a foot in both worlds. Started out as a banker by accident and made a career of it for 10 years, eventually moving into the self employment phase. He brings over 30 years of Indigenous inclusion experience through employment and Nation investment in projects. Through out the last 30 years he has come to realize there are shortcomings on both sides of the table during business discussions. He has negotiated on both sides and believes that the basis for any deal to get done is to find the common ground through trust and understanding. 

Darryl leads Indigenous Partnerships and Relationships for Vertex Resource Group, where he maintains and grows the company’s Indigenous partnerships across western Canada. Vertex has been successful in working with various communities by creating strategic partnerships that create a revenue share structure, employment while utilizing local capable resources. As a company, Vertex endeavours to find like minded partners to execute our services.  

Darryl continues to work with his people on different projects through out western Canada with Vertex.