Howard John Atkinson is a businessperson who has been the head of 17 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman for Stroud Resources Ltd., Chairman at Montfort Capital Corp., Chairman of The Ether Fund, President & Chief Executive Officer at Pascal WealthTech, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Pascal Financial Services, Inc., President & Director at Horizons Pipelines & Energy Services Index ETF and President & Director at Horizons Managed Global Opportunities ETF. Howard John Atkinson is also on the board of BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund and 108 Media.

In the past Mr. Atkinson held the position of Chairman for Canadian ETF Association, Chairman of 3iQ Corp., Executive Chairman at The Bitcoin Fund, President at CFA Society Toronto, President at Tmfd Financial, Director & Managing Partner at Deans Knight Income & Growth Fund, Director & Chief Business Officer at Pascal Financial, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Horizons Gold Yield Fund, President & Chief Executive Officer for Horizons Exchange Traded Funds, Inc., President & Managing Partner at JovFunds Management, Inc., President & Director at AlphaPro Management, Inc., President & Director at Horizons ETFs Management (Canada), Inc. and Head-Business Development Exchange Traded Products at Barclays Global Investors (Canada) Ltd.

He received an undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans.