Explore the leaders and experts sharing insights on stage this year.
Drew Barbour
Managing Director
MC Advisory
Tracy Bell
Executive Director
Wallace McCain Institute
Steve Belyea
Co-Founder & CEO
Victory Advanced Technologies Inc. (Sold BASE Engineering)
Aurèle Courcelles
Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning
IG Wealth Management
Dave Doucette
Regional Vice President, Atlantic
Roynat Capital
Steve Foran
Founder, Gratitude at Work Limited
Master Certified Forum Chair, MacKay CEO Forums
Dwight Fraser
Founding Partner
Franchise Management Inc., Fensmarket Inc. & Clearstone Capital
Charlotte French
Director & District Manager (Atlantic Canada)
Roynat Capital
Tom Hamilton-Piercy
Director
Baker Tilly (Canada) Capital
John Jardine
Managing Director, Professional Auctioneer & Appraiser
(Sold Jardine Auctioneers Inc.)
Jalal Jetha
Managing Director
Cascadia Equity Partners
Phil Jewell
Founder
Impact Leadership & The Irrelevant Leader
Matthew Langsford
Senior Wealth Advisor
CG Wealth Management
Paul LeBlanc
Founder & CEO
7th Wave Capital (Sold Coastal Communications, Arrivals+Departures & CMP Equipment)
Lauren Ledwell
Venture Partner, Sandpiper Ventures
CEO, PEI BioAlliance
Roberto Menendez
Vice-President – National Client Group & Commercial Banking, Atlantic Canada
National Bank
Andrew Middleton
President
The Middleton Group
Terry Mocherniak
Managing Director
Apex Capital Advisors
Trisha Mossey
Partner
Confederation M&A
Jillian Murray
Partner
Doane Grant Thornton LLP
Sally Ng
Advisory Services, Client Partner
BDC
Rob Normandeau
President
SeaFort Capital
Erin O’Keefe Graham
Managing Partner
Imaginal
Christine Pound
Partner
Stewart McKelvey
James Rathbun
Principal, Growth Equity
BDC
Christina Rogers-Lunn
Investor & Controller, Best Kind Edibles Inc.
Former President & Owner (Sold Hearing Institute Atlantic)
Karl Sigerist
Author, Selling Your Canadian Business
The Shaughnessy Group
Dr. Lesley Steele
CEO & Founder
Steele Veterinary Group of Companies (Sold Eastern Passage Village Veterinary Hospital)
Ashish Utarid
Assistant Vice-President – Investment Strategy
IG Wealth Management
Colin White
Portfolio Manager & CEO
Verecan
Peter Zed
Partner
Cox & Palmer
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