Speakers

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

2026 Chair

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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