Speakers

Olivia Aylon

Principal

BDC

Anthony Barone

Partner, Audit & Accounting

Baker Tilly

Elaine Barsalou

Managing Director & National Head, Private Company M&A

National Bank Financial Inc.

Dario Battista

Founder, President & CEO

isure insurance

Bryan Beer

Former President & Owner (Sold Canadian Hot Tubs Inc.,)

Business Advisor, Transworld Business Advisors of Ontario

Richard Betsalel

Managing Director

Crosbie & Company Inc.

Angela Blake

Partner

Bennett Jones

Mark Brodkin

Private Equity National Head

Roynat Capital

Michael Cairns

Retired Co-Founder & Managing Partner

(Sold Blackwood Partners)

Aurèle Courcelles

Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning

IG Wealth Management

Peter Deitz

Co-Founder

Grantbook & Unwrapit

Doug Dougherty

CEO

Cooper Equipment Rentals

Rob Galletta

CEO

Blackjet Inc. (Acquired Spider Marketing Naked Creative Consultancy)

Waldemar Halek

President

Transworld Business Advisors of Ontario

Jerome Hamilton

Director, Growth and Transition Capital

BDC

Chantal Hampson

Director

Southwest Doors & Hardware Ltd. (Sold Southwest Doors & Hardware Ltd.)

Jonathan Hess

Partner, Investment Banking

Fort Capital

Jalal Jetha

Managing Partner

Cascadia Equity Partners

John Kirkpatrick

Managing Director, Partner

STS Capital Partners

Helen Krapf-Jones

TEC CEO Chair – Toronto

TEC Canada

Ruby Lougheed Yawney

Founder

Red Rocks Impact FC (sold Lougheed Financial Planning)

Mike McIsaac

CEO & Managing Director

Baker Tilly (Canada) Capital

Matt McLeod

Partner

Dickinson Wright

David McQuilkin

CEO & Owner

Milton Ford Lincoln (Sold Whiteoak Ford Lincoln)

Barbara Mech

Regional Vice President

Roynat Capital

Simon Mills

Director, Growth & Transition Capital

BDC

Don Montgomery

Founder & President

True North Mergers & Acquisitions

Rob Normandeau

President

SeaFort Capital

Michael Notto

Partner, Growth Equity

BDC Capital

Polina Pilatova

Principal, Advisory Services

Doane Grant Thornton LLP

Mackenzie Regent

Managing Partner

Kalos LLP

Dr. Christine Sawchuk

President & CEO

CBV Institute

Taylor Schleich

Director, Rates Strategist

National Bank of Canada Financial Markets

David Shlagbaum

Managing Principal

DSBL Business Law

Karl Sigerist

Managing Director

The Shaughnessy Group

Sean Stephens

CEO

Treefrog Inc.

Joanna Track

Founder

Good Eggs & Co (Sold Sweetspot, The Bullet & Newsworthy Co.)

Hai Tran-Viet

Co-Managing Partner

Canadian Business Growth Fund

Robert Turk

Executive Vice President

(sold Visual Elements Manufacturing)

Dave Turnbull

Head of IG Private Company Advisory

IG Private Wealth Management

2025 Chair

Laura Vaughan

Forum Chair & Ontario Regional Director

MacKay CEO Forums

Kyle Westhaver

Wealth Advisor | Client Relationship Manager

Nicola Wealth

Patrick Yan

Senior Private Banker, Business Owners

TD Wealth Private Banking

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