Our Team

Jordan brings over 20 years of operating experience across North America, building and scaling companies alongside Nicholas Francis. He began his career in direct marketing and went on to co-found and grow several national businesses, including Globalfaces Direct, which expanded to nearly 1,000 employees across Canada and the United States and achieved a partial sale in 2018 and a full exit in 2021–2022. Over eight years ago, Jordan co-founded Black Creek Group, where he serves as President. At Black Creek, he focuses on overall vision, strategic direction, and capital deployment across the firm’s development and investment activities. He brings a disciplined, execution-driven approach to identifying opportunities, structuring investments, and scaling projects, with a focus on targeting the right audiences and driving performance in complex, evolving markets.

Nicholas brings over 20 years of operating experience to Black Creek Group. He started in direct sales at Cydcor and later co-founded and scaled several national businesses with Jordan Nott, including Globalfaces Direct, which grew to nearly 1,000 employees across Canada and the United States and completed a partial sale in 2018 and a full exit in 2021–2022. At Black Creek Group, he focuses on execution: overseeing project strategy, day-to-day operating discipline, and how capital is deployed at the project level. He holds a degree in Business and Marketing and has completed advanced executive training in leadership and organizational development.

Jeff serves as Strategic Advisor to Black Creek Group, supporting deal evaluation, portfolio strategy, and ensuring capital and execution stay aligned at the project level. He brings experience as a Partner and Co-Founder at CPS Capital, working closely with founder-led businesses on transactions and operational improvement. Earlier in his career, Jeff worked at McKinsey & Company and later served as Founding CFO and COO of Auxly Cannabis Group, and he holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business.

Ryan Patterson is a real estate strategist with experience in investment analysis, valuation, and portfolio assessment review across multifamily and commercial assets. He is a Senior Real Estate Strategist at Alitis Investment Counsel, where his work focuses on the analysis and review of potential real estate investments and the ongoing monitoring of current holdings. Before joining Alitis, Ryan spent five and a half years as an associate appraiser, specializing in market rental analysis, feasibility studies, and multifamily and commercial real estate valuations, including portfolio assessment reviews for large private and public organizations. With additional experience building, growing, and restructuring businesses across multiple industries, he brings a well-rounded perspective to long-term real estate investment strategy.