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Speakers Archives

This is the Speakers Archive for the Vancouver Business Transitions Forum.

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2015 Vancouver Speakers
Terry Holland
Terry Holland
Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners
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Gerry Bellerive
Gerry Bellerive
Managing Director, Regimen Partners
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Charles Chang
Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.
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Adam Mallon
Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP
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Mike McIsaac
Mike McIsaac
Founder & President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Jim Crooks
Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Jacoline Loewen
Jacoline Loewen
Director, UBS Investment Management Canada Inc.
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Deena Chochinov
Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant
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Bob Lawrence
Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.
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Paul Rowe
Paul Rowe
Partner, Fulcrum Capital Partners
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Kellie Manchester
Kellie Manchester
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.
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Deborah Graystone
Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP
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Matt Price
Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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David Raffa
David Raffa
President, Valeo Corporate Finance Ltd.
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Aileen La Borie
Aileen La Borie
Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services
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Jim McGuigan
Jim McGuigan
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
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Ivor Luk
Ivor Luk
BC Financial Advisory Managing Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte LLP
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Bruno Suppa
Bruno Suppa
Partner, Financial Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP
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Dr. Basil Peters
Dr. Basil Peters
CEO, Strategic Exits Corp
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Bruno Bertocci
Bruno Bertocci
Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director, UBS Global Asset Management
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Brian Begert
Brian Begert
Managing Partner, Yellow Point Equity Partners
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Joseph Calvano
Joseph Calvano
Former Partner & Founder, Dollar Giant
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Kathy Butler
Kathy Butler
Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking - British Columbia, CIBC World Markets Inc.
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Eric Carlson
Eric Carlson
Core Founder & CEO, Anthem Properties & CEO, United Communities
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John Robinson
John Robinson
President & CEO, Strategic Succession
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Brent Cunningham
Brent Cunningham
Partner, Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions Corp.
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Wendy Sage-Hayward
Wendy Sage-Hayward
Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business at UBC and Senior Consultant, Family Business Consulting Group
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Neil de Gelder
Neil de Gelder
Executive Vice President, Stern Partners Inc.
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Brett Hodson
Brett Hodson
Former CEO, Corix
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Cliff Harper
Cliff Harper
Managing Director & Former Partner, Certified Coatings Specialists Inc.
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Dan Jacques
Dan Jacques
Partner, Headwater Equity Partners
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Iain Mant
Iain Mant
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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John McDonald
John McDonald
Principal, Rampworth Capital Services Inc.
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Greg McDougall
Greg McDougall
CEO, Harbour Air Ltd.
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Brad Miller
Brad Miller
Former CEO, IMW Industries & CEO, Advantec Group of Companies
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Pirooz Pourdad
Pirooz Pourdad
Senior Advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.
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Don Sihota
Don Sihota
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP
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Michael Stephens
Michael Stephens
Partner, Denton’s Canada LLP
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Murray Shapiro
Murray Shapiro
BA, LL.B., TEP Vice President, Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services
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Marco Tomassetti
Marco Tomassetti
Partner, Corporate Finance, KPMG
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Mark Wardell
Mark Wardell
President, Wardell International
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Rob V. Wildeman
Rob V. Wildeman
Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity
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Kevin Wong
Kevin Wong
CPA, CA, Regional Tax Leader, Partner, MNP LLP
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2016 Vancouver Speakers
Rod Senft
Rod Senft
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Capital
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David Allardice
David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Jeff Pocock
Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP
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Christian Gauthier
Christian Gauthier
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
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Blair Horn
Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken
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Bob Lawrence
Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.
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Derek Strong
Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital
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Todd Coleman
Todd Coleman
Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, BMO Wealth Management
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Kellie Manchester
Kellie Manchester
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.
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Deborah Graystone
Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP
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Gary Powroznik
Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group
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Ashley Cooper
Ashley Cooper
President and CEO, Paladin Security Group
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Mike Cordoba
Mike Cordoba
Founding Partner, Empresario Capital Partners
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Justin Currie
Justin Currie
CEO, Royalty North Partners
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Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc.
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Constantine Hatzipanayis
Constantine Hatzipanayis
Director, Krystal Financial Corp.
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Barry Hubich
Barry Hubich
Vice President, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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Brian Hurl
Brian Hurl
Former CEO & Owner, Foley’s Candies
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Aileen La Borie
Aileen La Borie
Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services
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Jim McGuigan
Jim McGuigan
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
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Ivor Luk
Ivor Luk
BC Financial Advisory Managing Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte LLP
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Kam Nat
Kam Nat
Senior Tax Manager, BDO Canada LLP
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Dr. Basil Peters
Dr. Basil Peters
CEO, Strategic Exits Corp
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Genevieve Pinto
Genevieve Pinto
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
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John Warrillow
John Warrillow
Founder, The Value Builder System™
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John Robinson
John Robinson
President & CEO, Strategic Succession
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John Stout
John Stout
Co-Founder, President and Head of Sales, SNAP Financial Group
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Wendy Sage-Hayward
Wendy Sage-Hayward
Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business at UBC and Senior Consultant, Family Business Consulting Group
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Niels Veldhuis
Niels Veldhuis
President, The Fraser Institute
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Olivier Vincent
Olivier Vincent
President & CEO, Co-founder, LocalSphere
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Harry Watson
Harry Watson
Founder, President & CEO, CCMET Group
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Perry Yuen
Perry Yuen
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP
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John Zaplatynsky
John Zaplatynsky
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canada, GardenWorks
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2017 Vancovuer Speakers
Dave Bustos
Dave Bustos
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners
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David Allardice
David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company
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Pierre Cléroux
Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Jim Crooks
Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Jonathan Piurko
Jonathan Piurko
President & CEO, Monarch Bridge Financial Inc.
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Deena Chochinov
Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant
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Blair Horn
Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken
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Janet Davie
Janet Davie
President & CEO, JLD Management Group and Chair, TEC Canada
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Jesse Ahuja
Jesse Ahuja
Partner, MEP Business Counsel
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Melisa Attisha
Melisa Attisha
Executive Vice President and COO at TAG Alliances
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Neil Atchison
Neil Atchison
Principal, Analytica Advisors Inc.
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Michael J. Beninger
Michael J. Beninger
Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP
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Holly Castle
Holly Castle
Director, Tax Planning, BMO Wealth Management
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Derek Strong
Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital
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Mike De Pfyffer
Mike De Pfyffer
Former Director, Thunderbird Marine Corp
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David Frost
David Frost
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Deborah Graystone
Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP
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Arthur Griffiths
Arthur Griffiths
Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment
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Gary Powroznik
Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group
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Erin Klassen-Parkes
Erin Klassen-Parkes
CFO, Klassen Business Group
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Merv Klassen
Merv Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group
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Reg Klassen
Reg Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group
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Travis Klassen
Travis Klassen
CEO, Klassen Business Group
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Steve Kleinschmidt
Steve Kleinschmidt
Director, Good Insights Strategy Inc
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Shafeen Mawani
Shafeen Mawani
COO, The Western Investment Company of Canada Ltd.
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Tricia McIver
Tricia McIver
Business & Family Wealth Specialist, Scotia Wealth Management
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Doug Ryder
Doug Ryder
Partner, Transactions / Valuation, Grant Thornton LLP
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Alan Oishi
Alan Oishi
Business Strategist & Facilitator, Alan Oishi Inc.
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Yves Potvin
Yves Potvin
Founder, Gardein and President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Art
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David Simpson
David Simpson
Director, Ivey Business Families Centre, Ivey Business School, Western University
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Matt Price
Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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David Raffa
David Raffa
President, Valeo Corporate Finance Ltd.
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Tony Scott
Tony Scott
President, Platinum Pro-Claim
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Andrea Shaw
Andrea Shaw
Founder & Managing Partner, TTG Canada
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Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Owner & President, Smithrite Disposal Ltd.
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Donald M. Spence
Donald M. Spence
Managing Partner, SVG Capital Group
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John Stout
John Stout
Co-Founder, President and Head of Sales, SNAP Financial Group
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Andrew Strang
Andrew Strang
Co-Founder & CEO, FlyOver Canada/ FlyOver America
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Richard Swann
Richard Swann
Founder and President, LOKI Systems Inc.
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Ken Tarry
Ken Tarry
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.
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Kari Yuers
Kari Yuers
President & CEO, Kryton International Inc.
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2018 Vancouver Speakers

Julie Afanasiff

Julie Afanasiff
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Julie Afanasiff’s experience in corporate finance, accounting and transaction engagements spans over 14 years. In that time, Julie has led... Read More

David Allardice

David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company

David is one of the founders of Miller Titerle + Company LLP, ranked in 2016 by Canadian Lawyer as one... Read More

Gerry Bellerive

Gerry Bellerive
Managing Director, Regimen Partners

Gerry Bellerive joined Regimen Partners in December 2014. Prior to joining, Gerry was a partner and one of three founding... Read More

Charles Chang

Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.

Charles Chang is a born entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, active living and mentoring. Prior to starting Lyra Growth... Read More

Steve Chen

Steve Chen
Managing Director, First West Capital

Steve is passionate about creating long-term relationships with our clients and helping them to overcome barriers to growth. An entrepreneur... Read More

Axel Christiansen

Axel Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc

Axel brings over 20 years of M&A and Corporate Finance experience to Renaissance, serving as an integral member of the Mergers and Acquisitions division. With a career focused on serving small to mid-sized BC companies across a wide range of industries, Axel is routinely sought out by entrepreneurs seeking to successfully transition their businesses.

Pierre Cléroux

Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC

Pierre Cléroux was appointed Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC in 2012. Pierre leads a team of experts... Read More

Rick Gendemann

Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors

Rick Gendemann is the firm’s lead partner, overseeing and advising on family business succession services. Rick is committed to helping... Read More

Shane King

Shane King
Business Advisor, Private Enterprise National Leader, Succession Services, MNP

Shane King, CPA, CA, is the National Leader for MNP’s Succession Services practice and a member of the Assurance team.... Read More

Ilan Jacobson

Ilan Jacobson
Founding Partner & CEO, FirePower Capital

Ilan Jacobson is responsible for leading FirePower Capital in all its endeavours, setting its strategic direction and providing top-level guidance... Read More

Adam Mallon

Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Located in Edmonton, Adam is a Managing Director with BDO Canada Transaction Advisory Services focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions. In... Read More

Dave Mason

Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)

Dave Mason has been in the investment industry for over 30 years.  His career began in 1988 as an investment... Read More

Mike McIsaac

Mike McIsaac
Founder & President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Mike is a Chartered Professional Accountant and successful businessman with more than 20 years of experience working with private businesses... Read More

Andrew Kemper

Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners

Andrew has worked for over a decade providing corporate finance counsel, expertise and advice to mid-market private and public companies.... Read More

Keith Brown

Keith Brown
Business Family Advisor and Founder, Financial Confidence Advisors

Keith’s passion is creating financially confident family businesses that are set up to successfully, and harmoniously transition to the next... Read More

Dylan Brown

Dylan Brown
Financial Advisor, Financial Confidence Advisors

Dylan’s passion is helping families and their businesses stay together and prepare themselves against hardships. When he was just a... Read More

Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown
Business Family Facilitator and Founder, 10X Business Builder

Within every family business is a unique, secret weapon that when leveraged properly, ensures success, longevity and an invincible competitive... Read More

Delna Bhesania

Delna Bhesania
CEO & Co-Founder, Bardel Entertainment

Emmy Award winning Executive Producer and CEO with a passion for start ups and growing high preforming business’s. Familiar with... Read More

Mike Burtch

Mike Burtch
Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell
Principal, SSDG Interiors Inc.

Julie has focused on commercial design for 20 years and is a co-owner of Vancouver-based SSDG Interiors, one of BC’s... Read More

Scott Bodie

Scott Bodie
Partner, Tax, Bennett Jones LLP

Scott Bodie advises on tax issues relating to corporate reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, public market debt and equity transactions,... Read More

Jim Crooks

Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Jim Crooks is a Corporate Finance Partner and Managing Director at PwC Canada working in the Vancouver office. Jim has... Read More

Nicholas Drake

Nicholas Drake
Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Nicholas Drake is a Director in BDC Capital’s Growth & Transition Capital group in Vancouver where he focusses on providing... Read More

Darrell Ert

Darrell Ert
Founder & President, Evolution Strategies

Founded of a deep commitment to redefine the delivery of Legacy Planning advice, Darrell relaunched Evolution Strategies Ltd. After a... Read More

Silvana Facchin

Silvana Facchin
Partner, Richards Buell Sutton LLP

Silvana is a Partner, Practice Leader of the Business Law Group, and Manager of the Corporate Services Department at Richards... Read More

Grant Foster

Grant Foster
Partner, Fasken

Grant Foster is a corporate/commercial Partner and member of the Private M&A group in Vancouver. He advises clients in a... Read More

Taylor Gemmel

Taylor Gemmel
Owner, Anita's Organic Mills

Ryan Giles

Ryan Giles
Partner, TriWest Capital Partners

Ryan Giles joined TriWest in 2006. Prior to joining TriWest, Ryan was an Associate with Onex Corporation, where he was... Read More

Brad Hill

Brad Hill
Brad Hill, Managing Director, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Brad Hill is a managing director with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Inc. based in Vancouver. His primary focus is assisting privately... Read More

Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick
Chair, TEC Canada

Life is an adventure for Chris Hardwick – just ask anyone who works with him. This ambitious entrepreneur has a... Read More

Samuel Li

Samuel Li
Partner, Fasken

Samuel Li is a member of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Information Technology groups in... Read More

Tracey McVicar

Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners

Tracey McVicar is Partner at CAI Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity firm. She is a former investment banker (RBC... Read More

Dave Bustos

Dave Bustos
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Dave Bustos is a partner with Fort Capital Partners, an investment bank that provides public companies and private companies, as... Read More

Kristi Miller

Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital

Kristi has been providing mid-market businesses with relationship-focused, strategic financing for over twenty years. As National Managing Director, Kristi leads First West Capital across Canada and delivers tailored subordinated-debt, mezzanine and equity financing solutions for growth, acquisitions and transitions. Prior to First West Capital, Kristi spent ten years with Vancity Capital, another B.C.-based subordinated debt fund. She has also worked with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Small Enterprise Equity Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Steve Lukas

Steve Lukas
Associate Counsel, Harper Grey LLP

Known for his innovative and “out of the box” thinking and client focused solutions, Steven works closely with many entrepreneurs... Read More

Peter J. Mogan

Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP

Known as a leading mid-market M&A legal advisor in British Columbia, Peter Mogan, founder and senior partner of Mogan Daniels... Read More

Jeff Pocock

Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP

Jeff is a partner in our advisory services practice based in Toronto specializing in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions... Read More

Jacoline Loewen

Jacoline Loewen
Director, UBS Investment Management Canada Inc.

Jacoline Loewen, Head of Business Development for UBS Bank (Canada), is an expert on wealth management, family office, philanthropy, legacy... Read More

Julie McGill

Julie McGill
Managing Partner, Fulmer Capital Partners Inc.

Julie McGill is Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator with a stellar track record of financial management, business leadership and... Read More

Christian Gauthier

Christian Gauthier
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Christian Gauthier is a Partner of Bennett Jones LLP based in Vancouver and Toronto who advises local and international clients... Read More

Vic Marks

Vic Marks
Founder, Hartley and Marks

Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw
Vice President, M&A, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Negotiating a successful merger or acquisition takes more than expertise and experience. It also requires deep focus, serious goal-setting and... Read More

Don Montgomery

Don Montgomery
President, True North Mergers and Acquisitions

“It may be cliché, but for my entire career ‘the customer experience’ has been my very personal passion, and the... Read More

Jonathan Piurko

Jonathan Piurko
President & CEO, Monarch Bridge Financial Inc.

Jonathan Piurko is the Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Bridge Financial Corp.  Mr. Piurko is responsible for all executive functions... Read More

Sushil Arora

Sushil Arora
CEO, Danica Imports

Gary Benson

Gary Benson
Vice President Operations, Danica Imports

Rodney Benson

Rodney Benson
Board of Director - Chairman, Danica Imports

Jeremy Billan

Jeremy Billan
Director, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Stephane Bourque

Stephane Bourque
Co-Founder & CEO, Incognito Software Inc.

Jeremy Braude

Jeremy Braude
Board of Director - Director, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude

Jonathan Braude
Vice President Product, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude is the Vice President for Product at Danica Imports, a Vancouver-based company that designs and distributes kitchen textiles,... Read More

Deena Chochinov

Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant

For over 20 years, Deena has worked as a consultant, coach and counsellor with people and organizations seeking meaningful change.... Read More

Cindy David

Cindy David
President, Cindy David Financial Group

With 24 years of financial planning expertise, Cindy David, CFP, CLU, FEA, TEP, is the President of Cindy David Financial... Read More

Prentice Durbin

Prentice Durbin
Partner, Harper Grey LLP

Ronnie De Zen

Ronnie De Zen
Partner, PwC

Ronnie De Zen is a partner in the Tax Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP working in the Vancouver office. He... Read More

Graham Flater

Graham Flater
Principal, Fulcrum Capital

Graham is a Principal at Fulcrum Capital, a mid-market Canadian private equity firm currently investing out of its fifth private... Read More

Karen Flavelle

Karen Flavelle
CEO, Purdys Chocolates

Terry Holland

Terry Holland
Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners

Terry Holland has been involved in the Canadian private equity market for over 25 years. A commerce graduate of the... Read More

Paul Hemsley

Paul Hemsley
Founder and President, Hemmera

Paul Hemsley is the founder and President of Hemmera. Since 1994, Paul has worked with his partners and employees to... Read More

Blair Horn

Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken

Blair Horn is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group.  Blair advises public and private technology,... Read More

Mike McKee

Mike McKee
Director of Real Estate and Finance, JAK’s Beer Wine & Spirits

Maheb Nathoo

Maheb Nathoo
CEO, Agrifoods International Co-operative and Earth's Own Food Company

Anthony Nicalo

Anthony Nicalo
Entrepreneur in Residence, HIGHLINE Beta

James Knight

James Knight
Director, Transaction Advisory, RSM Canada

James Knight, director, transaction advisory, specializes in providing financial due diligence services to a diverse client base including private equity... Read More

John Nicola

John Nicola
Chairman & CEO, Nicola Wealth

A veteran of the financial services industry since 1974, John provides strategic leadership to Nicola Wealth, exercising his passion for... Read More

Bruce MacKenzie

Bruce MacKenzie
Owner, Chapman & Associates

For 25 years Bruce has supported both small companies and large corporations with human element challenges: building management teams |... Read More

Bob Lawrence

Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.

After earning his CA designation in 1987, and since leaving public practice accounting in 1992, Bob has served in executive... Read More

Kevin McElroy

Kevin McElroy
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Natalie Michael

Natalie Michael
CEO & Executive Coach, Waterfront Partners

Tea Nicola

Tea Nicola
Co-Founder & CEO, WealthBar

Tea pioneered the robo-advisor model in Canada in 2014, making WealthBar the first of its kind in the country. Today,... Read More

Janet Davie

Janet Davie
President & CEO, JLD Management Group and Chair, TEC Canada

Janet Davie brings a unique mixture of academic and practical knowledge to her role as a senior financial executive and... Read More

Trevor Parry

Trevor Parry
Senior Tax and Estate Planning Advisor Raymond James Ltd.

Trevor holds an undergraduate degree in History from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, a Master’s Degree in History... Read More

Danvir Roopra

Danvir Roopra
Partner, Transaction Tax, BDO Canada LLP

Danvir is a Tax Partner at BDO Canada with over 12 years of experience in public practice. He works closely... Read More

Paul Rowe

Paul Rowe
Partner, Fulcrum Capital Partners

Paul is involved in a wide range of investing activities at Fulcrum Capital. He has an extensive background in merchant... Read More

Tina Osen

Tina Osen
President, HUB International

Tina Osen is President of HUB International Canada, the largest insurance broker in Canada. As President of HUB’s Canadian operations,... Read More

Michal Pisarek

Michal Pisarek
Co-Founder, Dynamic Owl Consulting

Jesse Ahuja

Jesse Ahuja
Partner, MEP Business Counsel

Jesse Ahuja is a Partner at MEP Business Counsel. Jesse’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private equity and... Read More

Melisa Attisha

Melisa Attisha
Executive Vice President and COO at TAG Alliances

Melisa Attisha qualified as a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1994. During her eight years of... Read More

Neil Atchison

Neil Atchison
Principal, Analytica Advisors Inc.

Neil Atchison, P.Eng., founded Analytica Advisors Inc. in 2009 and is its Managing Director. He has over 25 years of... Read More

Michael J. Beninger

Michael J. Beninger
Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP

Michael Beninger has practised taxation law and provided strategic personal and corporate planning advice in Alberta and British Columbia for... Read More

Holly Castle

Holly Castle
Director, Tax Planning, BMO Wealth Management

Holly provides tax and estate planning expertise to high net worth families and business owners, as part of an integrated... Read More

Derek Strong

Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital

Derek is a 25 year veteran of the Pacific Northwest financial community, having spent the last 20 years with Roynat... Read More

Todd Coleman

Todd Coleman
Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, BMO Wealth Management

As Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, Todd Coleman advises high net worth private business owners in transition with... Read More

Kellie Manchester

Kellie Manchester
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Kellie has over 14 years experience advising clients in BC and Alberta on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and buyouts in... Read More

Mike De Pfyffer

Mike De Pfyffer
Former Director, Thunderbird Marine Corp

Michael de Pfyffer is a Director of Totem Cove Holdings Inc., the former owner of Thunderbird Marine Corp., which owned... Read More

David Frost

David Frost
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

David S. Frost* is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver and Co-Chair of our National Life Sciences... Read More

Deborah Graystone

Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP

With over 25 years of experience, Deborah works with clients to develop strategies to minimize the tax burden on business... Read More

Arthur Griffiths

Arthur Griffiths
Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment

Gary Powroznik

Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group

Gary D. Powroznik, FCPA, FCA, CIRP is the Founder and Managing Director of G-Force Group http://www.g-forcegroup.ca/, a Vancouver-based professional service... Read More

Erin Klassen-Parkes

Erin Klassen-Parkes
CFO, Klassen Business Group

Erin Parkes grew up in the family business as the eldest grandchild of generation 3. She followed in her grandmother... Read More

Merv Klassen

Merv Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Merv has worked in the family business founded by his parents Neil and Rita since he was a little boy.... Read More

Reg Klassen

Reg Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Reg has worked in the trucking business founded by his father, Neil, for well over four decades; previously he served... Read More

Travis Klassen

Travis Klassen
CEO, Klassen Business Group

Travis Klassen has been working within the framework of family enterprise for as long as he can remember. Travis entered... Read More

Steve Kleinschmidt

Steve Kleinschmidt
Director, Good Insights Strategy Inc

Steve Kleinschmidt is the Co-Founder and a Director at Good Insights Strategy Inc.  The Company provides advisory services across a... Read More

Shafeen Mawani

Shafeen Mawani
COO, The Western Investment Company of Canada Ltd.

Shafeen serves as Chief Operating Officer for Western Investment Company of Canada. He has over ten years of experience advising... Read More

Tricia McIver

Tricia McIver
Business & Family Wealth Specialist, Scotia Wealth Management

Tricia leads Scotia Wealth Management’s Business and Family Advisory Services in British Columbia. She advises accomplished business owners and affluent... Read More

Doug Ryder

Doug Ryder
Partner, Transactions / Valuation, Grant Thornton LLP

Doug Ryder joined Grant Thornton LLP as a Partner in the Vancouver Transactions Practice in 2016. Prior to joining Grant... Read More

Alan Oishi

Alan Oishi
Business Strategist & Facilitator, Alan Oishi Inc.

Since 2010, Alan has been providing strategic advisory services to purpose-led organizations across a diverse set of industry sectors. He... Read More

John Rose

John Rose
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Eric Termuende

Eric Termuende
Co-Founder, NoW Innovations

Eric Termuende is the co-founder of NoW Innovations, a bestselling author, and an international speaker. His work has been featured... Read More

Yves Potvin

Yves Potvin
Founder, Gardein and President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Art

Trained as a classical French chef, Yves Potvin has dedicated his culinary career to creating healthy, tasty, convenient foods found in major... Read More

Steve Saville

Steve Saville
Partner M&A, Fasken

David Simpson

David Simpson
Director, Ivey Business Families Centre, Ivey Business School, Western University

David Simpson is a Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship group and the founding director of the Business Families Centre at the... Read More

Matt Price

Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Matt Price is a Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital in our Vancouver office. Before joining BDC, Matt has spent... Read More

Ashley Cooper

Ashley Cooper
President and CEO, Paladin Security Group

Ashley Cooper is the President & CEO of Paladin Security Group Ltd, one of Canada’s largest full service security companies... Read More

Mike Cordoba

Mike Cordoba
Founding Partner, Empresario Capital Partners

Mike Cordoba is a highly active and driven entrepreneur and a founding partner of Empresario Capital Partners. His experience includes... Read More

Justin Currie

Justin Currie
CEO, Royalty North Partners

Justin is CEO of Royalty North Partners based in Vancouver. Royalty North is a public company (RNP.V) that provides non-dilutive... Read More

David Raffa

David Raffa
President, Valeo Corporate Finance Ltd.

David has been working in the technology space for more than thirty years in a variety of roles including scientist,... Read More

Richard Harris

Richard Harris
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc.

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Richard acts as Executive Chairman of each portfolio company, focuses... Read More

Constantine Hatzipanayis

Constantine Hatzipanayis
Director, Krystal Financial Corp.

Constantine Hatzipanayis joined Krystal Financial Corp. in May 2010, at the time bringing with him over 10 years of investing... Read More

Barry Hubich

Barry Hubich
Vice President, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Barry Hubich is Vice-President, BDC Capital for the Western Canadian region.  Barry has  more than thirty years of experience working... Read More

Brian Hurl

Brian Hurl
Former CEO & Owner, Foley’s Candies

Until recently Brian Hurl was the President and CEO of Foleys Candies Ltd., a privately held manufacturer of chocolate and... Read More

Aileen La Borie

Aileen La Borie
Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

Aileen obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and graduated from Dalhousie Law... Read More

Steve Thorp

Steve Thorp
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Postmark Brewing

Steve began his entrepreneurial career early, founding his first major business at the age of 19 in Vancouver BC while... Read More

Jim McGuigan

Jim McGuigan
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Jim McGuigan is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.  He is an Incorporated Partner and a Managing Director... Read More

Ivor Luk

Ivor Luk
BC Financial Advisory Managing Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte LLP

Ivor is the Partner in charge of the Financial Advisory Group in British Columbia and also leads the M&A Transaction... Read More

Tony Scott

Tony Scott
President, Platinum Pro-Claim

Tony Scott learned restoration work on the job working for his stepfather beginning in 1979. He attended BCIT in 1984... Read More

Andrea Shaw

Andrea Shaw
Founder & Managing Partner, TTG Canada

Prior to launching TTG Canada, TTG Partnerships (TwentyTen Group) and TORQUE Strategies, Andrea was Vice President of Sponsorship, Sales and Marketing... Read More

Bruno Suppa

Bruno Suppa
Partner, Financial Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Bruno has held various roles at BDO, most recently as Manager, Financial Advisory Services. Bruno has spent the past several... Read More

Kam Nat

Kam Nat
Senior Tax Manager, BDO Canada LLP

Kam is a senior manager in BDO’s Canadian tax department with over 10 years of public practice experience. He specializes... Read More

Dr. Basil Peters

Dr. Basil Peters
CEO, Strategic Exits Corp

While still in grad school, Basil co-founded Nexus Engineering. Nexus grew to seven companies with over 300 employees with operations... Read More

Genevieve Pinto

Genevieve Pinto
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Genevieve Pinto is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver. Her areas of practice include corporate finance, mergers... Read More

John Warrillow

John Warrillow
Founder, The Value Builder System™

John Warrillow has been helping companies understand and market to the SME segment for more than two decades. He has... Read More

Bruno Bertocci

Bruno Bertocci
Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director, UBS Global Asset Management

Bruno Bertocci is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager with UBS Global Asset Management, based in Chicago. He has... Read More

Brian Begert

Brian Begert
Managing Partner, Yellow Point Equity Partners

Brian is a co-founder of Yellow Point. He is primarily involved in sourcing and assessing prospective partnerships, as well as... Read More

Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith
Owner & President, Smithrite Disposal Ltd.

Joseph Calvano

Joseph Calvano
Former Partner & Founder, Dollar Giant

Joe, like many senior and executive Retailers in Canada today, started out his retail career as a Management Trainee at... Read More

Kathy Butler

Kathy Butler
Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking - British Columbia, CIBC World Markets Inc.

Kathy Butler is a Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking – British Columbia for CIBC World Markets. Ms. Butler joined... Read More

Eric Carlson

Eric Carlson
Core Founder & CEO, Anthem Properties & CEO, United Communities

Eric Carlson is the core founder and CEO of Anthem Properties – a Vancouver based real estate investment, development and... Read More

Mike Wick

Mike Wick
Director, North Delta Seafoods

Donald M. Spence

Donald M. Spence
Managing Partner, SVG Capital Group

Mr. Spence has been involved exclusively in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, financial litigation support and related matters since 1985. Mr. Spence has... Read More

John Robinson

John Robinson
President & CEO, Strategic Succession

John Robinson is President & CEO of Strategic Succession, an independent advisory firm that has been helping business owners build... Read More

Brent Cunningham

Brent Cunningham
Partner, Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions Corp.

Brent is a seasoned entrepreneur, having started, operated and sold two sizeable companies before co-founding Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions in... Read More

John Stout

John Stout
Co-Founder, President and Head of Sales, SNAP Financial Group

John has extensive experience as a senior executive particularly seasoned in design, development, management and implementation of automated credit-underwriting systems... Read More

Wendy Sage-Hayward

Wendy Sage-Hayward
Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business at UBC and Senior Consultant, Family Business Consulting Group

Wendy is a senior consultant at the Family Business Consulting Group, working closely with business leaders, family firms, and boards.... Read More

Neil de Gelder

Neil de Gelder
Executive Vice President, Stern Partners Inc.

Andrew Strang

Andrew Strang
Co-Founder & CEO, FlyOver Canada/ FlyOver America

Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of the FlyOver® group of visitor attractions. Andrew holds a law degree from UBC.... Read More

Brett Hodson

Brett Hodson
Former CEO, Corix

Brett Hodson is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of the Corix Group of Companies and was... Read More

Cliff Harper

Cliff Harper
Managing Director & Former Partner, Certified Coatings Specialists Inc.

John (Cliff) Harper is a corporate leader and goal oriented strategic planner who has been involved with the development of... Read More

Brent Twist

Brent Twist
CEO, Encore Business Solutions

Brent is responsible for overall corporate strategy and business direction at Encore Business Solutions. His visionary thinking and leadership style... Read More

Rod Senft

Rod Senft
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Capital

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Rod contributes to portfolio company strategy, is a sounding board for human... Read More

Dan Jacques

Dan Jacques
Partner, Headwater Equity Partners

Dan has over eighteen years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and accounting. Prior to forming Headwater Equity Partners Inc.,... Read More

Richard Swann

Richard Swann
Founder and President, LOKI Systems Inc.

Niels Veldhuis

Niels Veldhuis
President, The Fraser Institute

Niels Veldhuis is President of the Fraser Institute, Canada’s top ranked think-tank and among the top 20 globally, according to... Read More

Olivier Vincent

Olivier Vincent
President & CEO, Co-founder, LocalSphere

Olivier is a Vancouver based serial tech-entrepreneur. He created over 9 companies and startups. He was the founder and CEO... Read More

Iain Mant

Iain Mant
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Iain Mant is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Iain advises clients on public equity... Read More

John McDonald

John McDonald
Principal, Rampworth Capital Services Inc.

McDonald is the founder and President of Rampworth Capital Services Inc., a boutique strategy firm with a decade of success,... Read More

Greg McDougall

Greg McDougall
CEO, Harbour Air Ltd.

Greg McDougall is CEO and founder of Harbour Air Seaplanes, the world’s largest seaplane airline. Starting with two planes in... Read More

Trevor Thomson

Trevor Thomson
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Trevor is a partner in BDO’s west region, with over 22 years of professional experience providing taxation and business advisory... Read More

Brad Miller

Brad Miller
Former CEO, IMW Industries & CEO, Advantec Group of Companies

Harry Watson

Harry Watson
Founder, President & CEO, CCMET Group

Harry Watson is the Founder and President of Canadian Construction Materials Engineering and Testing Inc. (CCMET) In 1987, Harry saw... Read More

Pirooz Pourdad

Pirooz Pourdad
Senior Advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.

In the last 28 years in the corporate finance area, Pirooz has assisted numerous owners in the sale of their... Read More

Ken Tarry

Ken Tarry
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

As a co-founder of Sequeira Partners in British Columbia, Ken is a respected authority on middle market corporate finance transactions.... Read More

Kari Yuers

Kari Yuers
President & CEO, Kryton International Inc.

Kari Yuers, FACI, is the President and CEO of Kryton International Inc., a concrete waterproofing manufacturer based out of Vancouver,... Read More

Perry Yuen

Perry Yuen
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Perry has over 16 years of public practice experience exclusively in Canadian taxation matters including personal, corporate, and estate taxation.... Read More

John Zaplatynsky

John Zaplatynsky
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canada, GardenWorks

John is a the Chairman of the Board of Canada GardenWorks Ltd. GardenWorks is a privately-owned and operated retail garden... Read More

Don Sihota

Don Sihota
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Don Sihota is a Partner with the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP. He provides legal advice on mergers and... Read More

Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens
Partner, Denton’s Canada LLP

Mike Stephens practices corporate finance and securities law, with an emphasis on securities offerings including stock exchange listings, mergers &... Read More

Murray Shapiro

Murray Shapiro
BA, LL.B., TEP Vice President, Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

His expertise encompasses both domestic and international family circumstances, and covers planning applicable to many countries around the world. His... Read More

Marco Tomassetti

Marco Tomassetti
Partner, Corporate Finance, KPMG

Marco has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator.... Read More

Mark Wardell

Mark Wardell
President, Wardell International

Founder and President of Wardell Professional Development, Mark Wardell has developed a reputation as a leader in business advisory by... Read More

Rob V. Wildeman

Rob V. Wildeman
Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity

Rob is a Managing Director of Tricor Pacific Capital which he joined in 2006. Tricor is a leading private equity... Read More

Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong
CPA, CA, Regional Tax Leader, Partner, MNP LLP

Kevin is a Partner and MNP’s Leader for Taxation Services in the Vancouver region. Kevin has more than 19 years... Read More

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Tracey McVicar
Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners
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Julie Afanasiff
Julie Afanasiff
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.
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David Allardice
David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company
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Axel Christiansen
Axel Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc
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Pierre Cléroux
Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC
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Rick Gendemann
Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors
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Shane King
Shane King
Business Advisor, Private Enterprise National Leader, Succession Services, MNP
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Jim Crooks
Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC
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Silvana Facchin
Silvana Facchin
Partner, Richards Buell Sutton LLP
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Dave Bustos
Dave Bustos
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners
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Kristi Miller
Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Jeff Pocock
Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP
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Christian Gauthier
Christian Gauthier
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
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Sushil Arora
Sushil Arora
CEO, Danica Imports
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Gary Benson
Gary Benson
Vice President Operations, Danica Imports
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Rodney Benson
Rodney Benson
Board of Director - Chairman, Danica Imports
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Jeremy Billan
Jeremy Billan
Director, Growth Equity, BDC Capital
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Stephane Bourque
Stephane Bourque
Co-Founder & CEO, Incognito Software Inc.
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Jeremy Braude
Board of Director - Director, Danica Imports
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Jonathan Braude
Jonathan Braude
Vice President Product, Danica Imports
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Deena Chochinov
Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant
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Cindy David
Cindy David
President, Cindy David Financial Group
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Prentice Durbin
Prentice Durbin
Partner, Harper Grey LLP
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Ronnie De Zen
Ronnie De Zen
Partner, PwC
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Graham Flater
Graham Flater
Principal, Fulcrum Capital
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Karen Flavelle
Karen Flavelle
CEO, Purdys Chocolates
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Paul Hemsley
Paul Hemsley
Founder and President, Hemmera
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Blair Horn
Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken
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Mike McKee
Mike McKee
Director of Real Estate and Finance, JAK’s Beer Wine & Spirits
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Maheb Nathoo
Maheb Nathoo
CEO, Agrifoods International Co-operative and Earth's Own Food Company
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Anthony Nicalo
Anthony Nicalo
Entrepreneur in Residence, HIGHLINE Beta
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James Knight
James Knight
Director, Transaction Advisory, RSM Canada
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Bruce MacKenzie
Bruce MacKenzie
Owner, Chapman & Associates
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Bob Lawrence
Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.
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Kevin McElroy
Kevin McElroy
Former CEO & President, Nuheat
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Natalie Michael
Natalie Michael
CEO & Executive Coach, Waterfront Partners
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Danvir Roopra
Danvir Roopra
Partner, Transaction Tax, BDO Canada LLP
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Tina Osen
Tina Osen
President, HUB International
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Michal Pisarek
Michal Pisarek
Co-Founder, Dynamic Owl Consulting
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Derek Strong
Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital
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Gary Powroznik
Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group
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John Rose
John Rose
Former CEO & President, Nuheat
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Eric Termuende
Eric Termuende
Co-Founder, NoW Innovations
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Steve Saville
Steve Saville
Partner M&A, Fasken
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Brent Twist
Brent Twist
CEO, Encore Business Solutions
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Trevor Thomson
Trevor Thomson
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP
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Vancouver 2019 Speakers

Julie Afanasiff

Julie Afanasiff
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Julie Afanasiff’s experience in corporate finance, accounting and transaction engagements spans over 14 years. In that time, Julie has led... Read More

David Allardice

David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company

David is one of the founders of Miller Titerle + Company LLP, ranked in 2016 by Canadian Lawyer as one... Read More

Gerry Bellerive

Gerry Bellerive
Managing Director, Regimen Partners

Gerry Bellerive joined Regimen Partners in December 2014. Prior to joining, Gerry was a partner and one of three founding... Read More

Charles Chang

Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.

Charles Chang is a born entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, active living and mentoring. Prior to starting Lyra Growth... Read More

Steve Chen

Steve Chen
Managing Director, First West Capital

Steve is passionate about creating long-term relationships with our clients and helping them to overcome barriers to growth. An entrepreneur... Read More

Axel Christiansen

Axel Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc

Axel brings over 20 years of M&A and Corporate Finance experience to Renaissance, serving as an integral member of the Mergers and Acquisitions division. With a career focused on serving small to mid-sized BC companies across a wide range of industries, Axel is routinely sought out by entrepreneurs seeking to successfully transition their businesses.

Pierre Cléroux

Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC

Pierre Cléroux was appointed Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC in 2012. Pierre leads a team of experts... Read More

Rick Gendemann

Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors

Rick Gendemann is the firm’s lead partner, overseeing and advising on family business succession services. Rick is committed to helping... Read More

Shane King

Shane King
Business Advisor, Private Enterprise National Leader, Succession Services, MNP

Shane King, CPA, CA, is the National Leader for MNP’s Succession Services practice and a member of the Assurance team.... Read More

Ilan Jacobson

Ilan Jacobson
Founding Partner & CEO, FirePower Capital

Ilan Jacobson is responsible for leading FirePower Capital in all its endeavours, setting its strategic direction and providing top-level guidance... Read More

Adam Mallon

Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Located in Edmonton, Adam is a Managing Director with BDO Canada Transaction Advisory Services focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions. In... Read More

Dave Mason

Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)

Dave Mason has been in the investment industry for over 30 years.  His career began in 1988 as an investment... Read More

Mike McIsaac

Mike McIsaac
Founder & President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Mike is a Chartered Professional Accountant and successful businessman with more than 20 years of experience working with private businesses... Read More

Andrew Kemper

Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners

Andrew has worked for over a decade providing corporate finance counsel, expertise and advice to mid-market private and public companies.... Read More

Keith Brown

Keith Brown
Business Family Advisor and Founder, Financial Confidence Advisors

Keith’s passion is creating financially confident family businesses that are set up to successfully, and harmoniously transition to the next... Read More

Dylan Brown

Dylan Brown
Financial Advisor, Financial Confidence Advisors

Dylan’s passion is helping families and their businesses stay together and prepare themselves against hardships. When he was just a... Read More

Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown
Business Family Facilitator and Founder, 10X Business Builder

Within every family business is a unique, secret weapon that when leveraged properly, ensures success, longevity and an invincible competitive... Read More

Delna Bhesania

Delna Bhesania
CEO & Co-Founder, Bardel Entertainment

Emmy Award winning Executive Producer and CEO with a passion for start ups and growing high preforming business’s. Familiar with... Read More

Mike Burtch

Mike Burtch
Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell
Principal, SSDG Interiors Inc.

Julie has focused on commercial design for 20 years and is a co-owner of Vancouver-based SSDG Interiors, one of BC’s... Read More

Scott Bodie

Scott Bodie
Partner, Tax, Bennett Jones LLP

Scott Bodie advises on tax issues relating to corporate reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, public market debt and equity transactions,... Read More

Jim Crooks

Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Jim Crooks is a Corporate Finance Partner and Managing Director at PwC Canada working in the Vancouver office. Jim has... Read More

Nicholas Drake

Nicholas Drake
Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Nicholas Drake is a Director in BDC Capital’s Growth & Transition Capital group in Vancouver where he focusses on providing... Read More

Darrell Ert

Darrell Ert
Founder & President, Evolution Strategies

Founded of a deep commitment to redefine the delivery of Legacy Planning advice, Darrell relaunched Evolution Strategies Ltd. After a... Read More

Silvana Facchin

Silvana Facchin
Partner, Richards Buell Sutton LLP

Silvana is a Partner, Practice Leader of the Business Law Group, and Manager of the Corporate Services Department at Richards... Read More

Grant Foster

Grant Foster
Partner, Fasken

Grant Foster is a corporate/commercial Partner and member of the Private M&A group in Vancouver. He advises clients in a... Read More

Taylor Gemmel

Taylor Gemmel
Owner, Anita's Organic Mills

Ryan Giles

Ryan Giles
Partner, TriWest Capital Partners

Ryan Giles joined TriWest in 2006. Prior to joining TriWest, Ryan was an Associate with Onex Corporation, where he was... Read More

Brad Hill

Brad Hill
Brad Hill, Managing Director, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Brad Hill is a managing director with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Inc. based in Vancouver. His primary focus is assisting privately... Read More

Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick
Chair, TEC Canada

Life is an adventure for Chris Hardwick – just ask anyone who works with him. This ambitious entrepreneur has a... Read More

Samuel Li

Samuel Li
Partner, Fasken

Samuel Li is a member of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Information Technology groups in... Read More

Tracey McVicar

Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners

Tracey McVicar is Partner at CAI Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity firm. She is a former investment banker (RBC... Read More

Dave Bustos

Dave Bustos
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Dave Bustos is a partner with Fort Capital Partners, an investment bank that provides public companies and private companies, as... Read More

Kristi Miller

Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital

Kristi has been providing mid-market businesses with relationship-focused, strategic financing for over twenty years. As National Managing Director, Kristi leads First West Capital across Canada and delivers tailored subordinated-debt, mezzanine and equity financing solutions for growth, acquisitions and transitions. Prior to First West Capital, Kristi spent ten years with Vancity Capital, another B.C.-based subordinated debt fund. She has also worked with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Small Enterprise Equity Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Steve Lukas

Steve Lukas
Associate Counsel, Harper Grey LLP

Known for his innovative and “out of the box” thinking and client focused solutions, Steven works closely with many entrepreneurs... Read More

Peter J. Mogan

Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP

Known as a leading mid-market M&A legal advisor in British Columbia, Peter Mogan, founder and senior partner of Mogan Daniels... Read More

Jeff Pocock

Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP

Jeff is a partner in our advisory services practice based in Toronto specializing in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions... Read More

Jacoline Loewen

Jacoline Loewen
Director, UBS Investment Management Canada Inc.

Jacoline Loewen, Head of Business Development for UBS Bank (Canada), is an expert on wealth management, family office, philanthropy, legacy... Read More

Julie McGill

Julie McGill
Managing Partner, Fulmer Capital Partners Inc.

Julie McGill is Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator with a stellar track record of financial management, business leadership and... Read More

Christian Gauthier

Christian Gauthier
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Christian Gauthier is a Partner of Bennett Jones LLP based in Vancouver and Toronto who advises local and international clients... Read More

Vic Marks

Vic Marks
Founder, Hartley and Marks

Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw
Vice President, M&A, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Negotiating a successful merger or acquisition takes more than expertise and experience. It also requires deep focus, serious goal-setting and... Read More

Don Montgomery

Don Montgomery
President, True North Mergers and Acquisitions

“It may be cliché, but for my entire career ‘the customer experience’ has been my very personal passion, and the... Read More

Jonathan Piurko

Jonathan Piurko
President & CEO, Monarch Bridge Financial Inc.

Jonathan Piurko is the Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Bridge Financial Corp.  Mr. Piurko is responsible for all executive functions... Read More

Sushil Arora

Sushil Arora
CEO, Danica Imports

Gary Benson

Gary Benson
Vice President Operations, Danica Imports

Rodney Benson

Rodney Benson
Board of Director - Chairman, Danica Imports

Jeremy Billan

Jeremy Billan
Director, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Stephane Bourque

Stephane Bourque
Co-Founder & CEO, Incognito Software Inc.

Jeremy Braude

Jeremy Braude
Board of Director - Director, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude

Jonathan Braude
Vice President Product, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude is the Vice President for Product at Danica Imports, a Vancouver-based company that designs and distributes kitchen textiles,... Read More

Deena Chochinov

Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant

For over 20 years, Deena has worked as a consultant, coach and counsellor with people and organizations seeking meaningful change.... Read More

Cindy David

Cindy David
President, Cindy David Financial Group

With 24 years of financial planning expertise, Cindy David, CFP, CLU, FEA, TEP, is the President of Cindy David Financial... Read More

Prentice Durbin

Prentice Durbin
Partner, Harper Grey LLP

Ronnie De Zen

Ronnie De Zen
Partner, PwC

Ronnie De Zen is a partner in the Tax Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP working in the Vancouver office. He... Read More

Graham Flater

Graham Flater
Principal, Fulcrum Capital

Graham is a Principal at Fulcrum Capital, a mid-market Canadian private equity firm currently investing out of its fifth private... Read More

Karen Flavelle

Karen Flavelle
CEO, Purdys Chocolates

Terry Holland

Terry Holland
Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners

Terry Holland has been involved in the Canadian private equity market for over 25 years. A commerce graduate of the... Read More

Paul Hemsley

Paul Hemsley
Founder and President, Hemmera

Paul Hemsley is the founder and President of Hemmera. Since 1994, Paul has worked with his partners and employees to... Read More

Blair Horn

Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken

Blair Horn is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group.  Blair advises public and private technology,... Read More

Mike McKee

Mike McKee
Director of Real Estate and Finance, JAK’s Beer Wine & Spirits

Maheb Nathoo

Maheb Nathoo
CEO, Agrifoods International Co-operative and Earth's Own Food Company

Anthony Nicalo

Anthony Nicalo
Entrepreneur in Residence, HIGHLINE Beta

James Knight

James Knight
Director, Transaction Advisory, RSM Canada

James Knight, director, transaction advisory, specializes in providing financial due diligence services to a diverse client base including private equity... Read More

John Nicola

John Nicola
Chairman & CEO, Nicola Wealth

A veteran of the financial services industry since 1974, John provides strategic leadership to Nicola Wealth, exercising his passion for... Read More

Bruce MacKenzie

Bruce MacKenzie
Owner, Chapman & Associates

For 25 years Bruce has supported both small companies and large corporations with human element challenges: building management teams |... Read More

Bob Lawrence

Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.

After earning his CA designation in 1987, and since leaving public practice accounting in 1992, Bob has served in executive... Read More

Kevin McElroy

Kevin McElroy
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Natalie Michael

Natalie Michael
CEO & Executive Coach, Waterfront Partners

Tea Nicola

Tea Nicola
Co-Founder & CEO, WealthBar

Tea pioneered the robo-advisor model in Canada in 2014, making WealthBar the first of its kind in the country. Today,... Read More

Janet Davie

Janet Davie
President & CEO, JLD Management Group and Chair, TEC Canada

Janet Davie brings a unique mixture of academic and practical knowledge to her role as a senior financial executive and... Read More

Trevor Parry

Trevor Parry
Senior Tax and Estate Planning Advisor Raymond James Ltd.

Trevor holds an undergraduate degree in History from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, a Master’s Degree in History... Read More

Danvir Roopra

Danvir Roopra
Partner, Transaction Tax, BDO Canada LLP

Danvir is a Tax Partner at BDO Canada with over 12 years of experience in public practice. He works closely... Read More

Paul Rowe

Paul Rowe
Partner, Fulcrum Capital Partners

Paul is involved in a wide range of investing activities at Fulcrum Capital. He has an extensive background in merchant... Read More

Tina Osen

Tina Osen
President, HUB International

Tina Osen is President of HUB International Canada, the largest insurance broker in Canada. As President of HUB’s Canadian operations,... Read More

Michal Pisarek

Michal Pisarek
Co-Founder, Dynamic Owl Consulting

Jesse Ahuja

Jesse Ahuja
Partner, MEP Business Counsel

Jesse Ahuja is a Partner at MEP Business Counsel. Jesse’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private equity and... Read More

Melisa Attisha

Melisa Attisha
Executive Vice President and COO at TAG Alliances

Melisa Attisha qualified as a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1994. During her eight years of... Read More

Neil Atchison

Neil Atchison
Principal, Analytica Advisors Inc.

Neil Atchison, P.Eng., founded Analytica Advisors Inc. in 2009 and is its Managing Director. He has over 25 years of... Read More

Michael J. Beninger

Michael J. Beninger
Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP

Michael Beninger has practised taxation law and provided strategic personal and corporate planning advice in Alberta and British Columbia for... Read More

Holly Castle

Holly Castle
Director, Tax Planning, BMO Wealth Management

Holly provides tax and estate planning expertise to high net worth families and business owners, as part of an integrated... Read More

Derek Strong

Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital

Derek is a 25 year veteran of the Pacific Northwest financial community, having spent the last 20 years with Roynat... Read More

Todd Coleman

Todd Coleman
Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, BMO Wealth Management

As Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, Todd Coleman advises high net worth private business owners in transition with... Read More

Kellie Manchester

Kellie Manchester
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Kellie has over 14 years experience advising clients in BC and Alberta on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and buyouts in... Read More

Mike De Pfyffer

Mike De Pfyffer
Former Director, Thunderbird Marine Corp

Michael de Pfyffer is a Director of Totem Cove Holdings Inc., the former owner of Thunderbird Marine Corp., which owned... Read More

David Frost

David Frost
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

David S. Frost* is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver and Co-Chair of our National Life Sciences... Read More

Deborah Graystone

Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP

With over 25 years of experience, Deborah works with clients to develop strategies to minimize the tax burden on business... Read More

Arthur Griffiths

Arthur Griffiths
Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment

Gary Powroznik

Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group

Gary D. Powroznik, FCPA, FCA, CIRP is the Founder and Managing Director of G-Force Group http://www.g-forcegroup.ca/, a Vancouver-based professional service... Read More

Erin Klassen-Parkes

Erin Klassen-Parkes
CFO, Klassen Business Group

Erin Parkes grew up in the family business as the eldest grandchild of generation 3. She followed in her grandmother... Read More

Merv Klassen

Merv Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Merv has worked in the family business founded by his parents Neil and Rita since he was a little boy.... Read More

Reg Klassen

Reg Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Reg has worked in the trucking business founded by his father, Neil, for well over four decades; previously he served... Read More

Travis Klassen

Travis Klassen
CEO, Klassen Business Group

Travis Klassen has been working within the framework of family enterprise for as long as he can remember. Travis entered... Read More

Steve Kleinschmidt

Steve Kleinschmidt
Director, Good Insights Strategy Inc

Steve Kleinschmidt is the Co-Founder and a Director at Good Insights Strategy Inc.  The Company provides advisory services across a... Read More

Shafeen Mawani

Shafeen Mawani
COO, The Western Investment Company of Canada Ltd.

Shafeen serves as Chief Operating Officer for Western Investment Company of Canada. He has over ten years of experience advising... Read More

Tricia McIver

Tricia McIver
Business & Family Wealth Specialist, Scotia Wealth Management

Tricia leads Scotia Wealth Management’s Business and Family Advisory Services in British Columbia. She advises accomplished business owners and affluent... Read More

Doug Ryder

Doug Ryder
Partner, Transactions / Valuation, Grant Thornton LLP

Doug Ryder joined Grant Thornton LLP as a Partner in the Vancouver Transactions Practice in 2016. Prior to joining Grant... Read More

Alan Oishi

Alan Oishi
Business Strategist & Facilitator, Alan Oishi Inc.

Since 2010, Alan has been providing strategic advisory services to purpose-led organizations across a diverse set of industry sectors. He... Read More

John Rose

John Rose
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Eric Termuende

Eric Termuende
Co-Founder, NoW Innovations

Eric Termuende is the co-founder of NoW Innovations, a bestselling author, and an international speaker. His work has been featured... Read More

Yves Potvin

Yves Potvin
Founder, Gardein and President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Art

Trained as a classical French chef, Yves Potvin has dedicated his culinary career to creating healthy, tasty, convenient foods found in major... Read More

Steve Saville

Steve Saville
Partner M&A, Fasken

David Simpson

David Simpson
Director, Ivey Business Families Centre, Ivey Business School, Western University

David Simpson is a Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship group and the founding director of the Business Families Centre at the... Read More

Matt Price

Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Matt Price is a Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital in our Vancouver office. Before joining BDC, Matt has spent... Read More

Ashley Cooper

Ashley Cooper
President and CEO, Paladin Security Group

Ashley Cooper is the President & CEO of Paladin Security Group Ltd, one of Canada’s largest full service security companies... Read More

Mike Cordoba

Mike Cordoba
Founding Partner, Empresario Capital Partners

Mike Cordoba is a highly active and driven entrepreneur and a founding partner of Empresario Capital Partners. His experience includes... Read More

Justin Currie

Justin Currie
CEO, Royalty North Partners

Justin is CEO of Royalty North Partners based in Vancouver. Royalty North is a public company (RNP.V) that provides non-dilutive... Read More

David Raffa

David Raffa
President, Valeo Corporate Finance Ltd.

David has been working in the technology space for more than thirty years in a variety of roles including scientist,... Read More

Richard Harris

Richard Harris
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc.

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Richard acts as Executive Chairman of each portfolio company, focuses... Read More

Constantine Hatzipanayis

Constantine Hatzipanayis
Director, Krystal Financial Corp.

Constantine Hatzipanayis joined Krystal Financial Corp. in May 2010, at the time bringing with him over 10 years of investing... Read More

Barry Hubich

Barry Hubich
Vice President, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Barry Hubich is Vice-President, BDC Capital for the Western Canadian region.  Barry has  more than thirty years of experience working... Read More

Brian Hurl

Brian Hurl
Former CEO & Owner, Foley’s Candies

Until recently Brian Hurl was the President and CEO of Foleys Candies Ltd., a privately held manufacturer of chocolate and... Read More

Aileen La Borie

Aileen La Borie
Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

Aileen obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and graduated from Dalhousie Law... Read More

Steve Thorp

Steve Thorp
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Postmark Brewing

Steve began his entrepreneurial career early, founding his first major business at the age of 19 in Vancouver BC while... Read More

Jim McGuigan

Jim McGuigan
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Jim McGuigan is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.  He is an Incorporated Partner and a Managing Director... Read More

Ivor Luk

Ivor Luk
BC Financial Advisory Managing Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte LLP

Ivor is the Partner in charge of the Financial Advisory Group in British Columbia and also leads the M&A Transaction... Read More

Tony Scott

Tony Scott
President, Platinum Pro-Claim

Tony Scott learned restoration work on the job working for his stepfather beginning in 1979. He attended BCIT in 1984... Read More

Andrea Shaw

Andrea Shaw
Founder & Managing Partner, TTG Canada

Prior to launching TTG Canada, TTG Partnerships (TwentyTen Group) and TORQUE Strategies, Andrea was Vice President of Sponsorship, Sales and Marketing... Read More

Bruno Suppa

Bruno Suppa
Partner, Financial Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Bruno has held various roles at BDO, most recently as Manager, Financial Advisory Services. Bruno has spent the past several... Read More

Kam Nat

Kam Nat
Senior Tax Manager, BDO Canada LLP

Kam is a senior manager in BDO’s Canadian tax department with over 10 years of public practice experience. He specializes... Read More

Dr. Basil Peters

Dr. Basil Peters
CEO, Strategic Exits Corp

While still in grad school, Basil co-founded Nexus Engineering. Nexus grew to seven companies with over 300 employees with operations... Read More

Genevieve Pinto

Genevieve Pinto
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Genevieve Pinto is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver. Her areas of practice include corporate finance, mergers... Read More

John Warrillow

John Warrillow
Founder, The Value Builder System™

John Warrillow has been helping companies understand and market to the SME segment for more than two decades. He has... Read More

Bruno Bertocci

Bruno Bertocci
Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director, UBS Global Asset Management

Bruno Bertocci is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager with UBS Global Asset Management, based in Chicago. He has... Read More

Brian Begert

Brian Begert
Managing Partner, Yellow Point Equity Partners

Brian is a co-founder of Yellow Point. He is primarily involved in sourcing and assessing prospective partnerships, as well as... Read More

Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith
Owner & President, Smithrite Disposal Ltd.

Joseph Calvano

Joseph Calvano
Former Partner & Founder, Dollar Giant

Joe, like many senior and executive Retailers in Canada today, started out his retail career as a Management Trainee at... Read More

Kathy Butler

Kathy Butler
Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking - British Columbia, CIBC World Markets Inc.

Kathy Butler is a Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking – British Columbia for CIBC World Markets. Ms. Butler joined... Read More

Eric Carlson

Eric Carlson
Core Founder & CEO, Anthem Properties & CEO, United Communities

Eric Carlson is the core founder and CEO of Anthem Properties – a Vancouver based real estate investment, development and... Read More

Mike Wick

Mike Wick
Director, North Delta Seafoods

Donald M. Spence

Donald M. Spence
Managing Partner, SVG Capital Group

Mr. Spence has been involved exclusively in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, financial litigation support and related matters since 1985. Mr. Spence has... Read More

John Robinson

John Robinson
President & CEO, Strategic Succession

John Robinson is President & CEO of Strategic Succession, an independent advisory firm that has been helping business owners build... Read More

Brent Cunningham

Brent Cunningham
Partner, Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions Corp.

Brent is a seasoned entrepreneur, having started, operated and sold two sizeable companies before co-founding Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions in... Read More

John Stout

John Stout
Co-Founder, President and Head of Sales, SNAP Financial Group

John has extensive experience as a senior executive particularly seasoned in design, development, management and implementation of automated credit-underwriting systems... Read More

Wendy Sage-Hayward

Wendy Sage-Hayward
Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business at UBC and Senior Consultant, Family Business Consulting Group

Wendy is a senior consultant at the Family Business Consulting Group, working closely with business leaders, family firms, and boards.... Read More

Neil de Gelder

Neil de Gelder
Executive Vice President, Stern Partners Inc.

Andrew Strang

Andrew Strang
Co-Founder & CEO, FlyOver Canada/ FlyOver America

Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of the FlyOver® group of visitor attractions. Andrew holds a law degree from UBC.... Read More

Brett Hodson

Brett Hodson
Former CEO, Corix

Brett Hodson is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of the Corix Group of Companies and was... Read More

Cliff Harper

Cliff Harper
Managing Director & Former Partner, Certified Coatings Specialists Inc.

John (Cliff) Harper is a corporate leader and goal oriented strategic planner who has been involved with the development of... Read More

Brent Twist

Brent Twist
CEO, Encore Business Solutions

Brent is responsible for overall corporate strategy and business direction at Encore Business Solutions. His visionary thinking and leadership style... Read More

Rod Senft

Rod Senft
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Capital

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Rod contributes to portfolio company strategy, is a sounding board for human... Read More

Dan Jacques

Dan Jacques
Partner, Headwater Equity Partners

Dan has over eighteen years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and accounting. Prior to forming Headwater Equity Partners Inc.,... Read More

Richard Swann

Richard Swann
Founder and President, LOKI Systems Inc.

Niels Veldhuis

Niels Veldhuis
President, The Fraser Institute

Niels Veldhuis is President of the Fraser Institute, Canada’s top ranked think-tank and among the top 20 globally, according to... Read More

Olivier Vincent

Olivier Vincent
President & CEO, Co-founder, LocalSphere

Olivier is a Vancouver based serial tech-entrepreneur. He created over 9 companies and startups. He was the founder and CEO... Read More

Iain Mant

Iain Mant
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Iain Mant is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Iain advises clients on public equity... Read More

John McDonald

John McDonald
Principal, Rampworth Capital Services Inc.

McDonald is the founder and President of Rampworth Capital Services Inc., a boutique strategy firm with a decade of success,... Read More

Greg McDougall

Greg McDougall
CEO, Harbour Air Ltd.

Greg McDougall is CEO and founder of Harbour Air Seaplanes, the world’s largest seaplane airline. Starting with two planes in... Read More

Trevor Thomson

Trevor Thomson
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Trevor is a partner in BDO’s west region, with over 22 years of professional experience providing taxation and business advisory... Read More

Brad Miller

Brad Miller
Former CEO, IMW Industries & CEO, Advantec Group of Companies

Harry Watson

Harry Watson
Founder, President & CEO, CCMET Group

Harry Watson is the Founder and President of Canadian Construction Materials Engineering and Testing Inc. (CCMET) In 1987, Harry saw... Read More

Pirooz Pourdad

Pirooz Pourdad
Senior Advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.

In the last 28 years in the corporate finance area, Pirooz has assisted numerous owners in the sale of their... Read More

Ken Tarry

Ken Tarry
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

As a co-founder of Sequeira Partners in British Columbia, Ken is a respected authority on middle market corporate finance transactions.... Read More

Kari Yuers

Kari Yuers
President & CEO, Kryton International Inc.

Kari Yuers, FACI, is the President and CEO of Kryton International Inc., a concrete waterproofing manufacturer based out of Vancouver,... Read More

Perry Yuen

Perry Yuen
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Perry has over 16 years of public practice experience exclusively in Canadian taxation matters including personal, corporate, and estate taxation.... Read More

John Zaplatynsky

John Zaplatynsky
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canada, GardenWorks

John is a the Chairman of the Board of Canada GardenWorks Ltd. GardenWorks is a privately-owned and operated retail garden... Read More

Don Sihota

Don Sihota
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Don Sihota is a Partner with the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP. He provides legal advice on mergers and... Read More

Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens
Partner, Denton’s Canada LLP

Mike Stephens practices corporate finance and securities law, with an emphasis on securities offerings including stock exchange listings, mergers &... Read More

Murray Shapiro

Murray Shapiro
BA, LL.B., TEP Vice President, Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

His expertise encompasses both domestic and international family circumstances, and covers planning applicable to many countries around the world. His... Read More

Marco Tomassetti

Marco Tomassetti
Partner, Corporate Finance, KPMG

Marco has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator.... Read More

Mark Wardell

Mark Wardell
President, Wardell International

Founder and President of Wardell Professional Development, Mark Wardell has developed a reputation as a leader in business advisory by... Read More

Rob V. Wildeman

Rob V. Wildeman
Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity

Rob is a Managing Director of Tricor Pacific Capital which he joined in 2006. Tricor is a leading private equity... Read More

Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong
CPA, CA, Regional Tax Leader, Partner, MNP LLP

Kevin is a Partner and MNP’s Leader for Taxation Services in the Vancouver region. Kevin has more than 19 years... Read More

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Kristi Miller
Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital
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Charles Chang
Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.
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Steve Chen
Steve Chen
Managing Director, First West Capital
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Pierre Cléroux
Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC
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Rick Gendemann
Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors
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Shane King
Shane King
Business Advisor, Private Enterprise National Leader, Succession Services, MNP
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Ilan Jacobson
Ilan Jacobson
Founding Partner & CEO, FirePower Capital
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Dave Mason
Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Keith Brown
Keith Brown
Business Family Advisor and Founder, Financial Confidence Advisors
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Dylan Brown
Dylan Brown
Financial Advisor, Financial Confidence Advisors
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Victoria Brown
Victoria Brown
Business Family Facilitator and Founder, 10X Business Builder
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Delna Bhesania
Delna Bhesania
CEO & Co-Founder, Bardel Entertainment
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Mike Burtch
Mike Burtch
Partner, Fort Capital Partners
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Julie Campbell
Julie Campbell
Principal, SSDG Interiors Inc.
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Scott Bodie
Scott Bodie
Partner, Tax, Bennett Jones LLP
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Jim Crooks
Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC
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Nicholas Drake
Nicholas Drake
Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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Darrell Ert
Darrell Ert
Founder & President, Evolution Strategies
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Silvana Facchin
Silvana Facchin
Partner, Richards Buell Sutton LLP
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Grant Foster
Grant Foster
Partner, Fasken
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Taylor Gemmel
Taylor Gemmel
Owner, Anita's Organic Mills
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Ryan Giles
Ryan Giles
Partner, TriWest Capital Partners
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Brad Hill
Brad Hill
Brad Hill, Managing Director, Consulting & Deals, PwC
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Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick
Chair, TEC Canada
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Samuel Li
Samuel Li
Partner, Fasken
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Tracey McVicar
Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners
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Steve Lukas
Steve Lukas
Associate Counsel, Harper Grey LLP
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Jeff Pocock
Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP
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Julie McGill
Julie McGill
Managing Partner, Fulmer Capital Partners Inc.
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Vic Marks
Vic Marks
Founder, Hartley and Marks
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Kevin Shaw
Kevin Shaw
Vice President, M&A, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.
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Don Montgomery
Don Montgomery
President, True North Mergers and Acquisitions
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John Nicola
John Nicola
Chairman & CEO, Nicola Wealth
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Tea Nicola
Tea Nicola
Co-Founder & CEO, WealthBar
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Trevor Parry
Trevor Parry
Senior Tax and Estate Planning Advisor Raymond James Ltd.
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Danvir Roopra
Danvir Roopra
Partner, Transaction Tax, BDO Canada LLP
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Paul Rowe
Paul Rowe
Partner, Fulcrum Capital Partners
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Derek Strong
Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital
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Doug Ryder
Doug Ryder
Partner, Transactions / Valuation, Grant Thornton LLP
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David Simpson
David Simpson
Director, Ivey Business Families Centre, Ivey Business School, Western University
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Matt Price
Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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Steve Thorp
Steve Thorp
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Postmark Brewing
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Mike Wick
Mike Wick
Director, North Delta Seafoods
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2020 BTF West Speakers

Julie Afanasiff

Julie Afanasiff
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Julie Afanasiff’s experience in corporate finance, accounting and transaction engagements spans over 14 years. In that time, Julie has led... Read More

David Allardice

David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company

David is one of the founders of Miller Titerle + Company LLP, ranked in 2016 by Canadian Lawyer as one... Read More

Gerry Bellerive

Gerry Bellerive
Managing Director, Regimen Partners

Gerry Bellerive joined Regimen Partners in December 2014. Prior to joining, Gerry was a partner and one of three founding... Read More

Charles Chang

Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.

Charles Chang is a born entrepreneur with a passion for innovation, active living and mentoring. Prior to starting Lyra Growth... Read More

Steve Chen

Steve Chen
Managing Director, First West Capital

Steve is passionate about creating long-term relationships with our clients and helping them to overcome barriers to growth. An entrepreneur... Read More

Axel Christiansen

Axel Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc

Axel brings over 20 years of M&A and Corporate Finance experience to Renaissance, serving as an integral member of the Mergers and Acquisitions division. With a career focused on serving small to mid-sized BC companies across a wide range of industries, Axel is routinely sought out by entrepreneurs seeking to successfully transition their businesses.

Pierre Cléroux

Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC

Pierre Cléroux was appointed Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC in 2012. Pierre leads a team of experts... Read More

Rick Gendemann

Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors

Rick Gendemann is the firm’s lead partner, overseeing and advising on family business succession services. Rick is committed to helping... Read More

Shane King

Shane King
Business Advisor, Private Enterprise National Leader, Succession Services, MNP

Shane King, CPA, CA, is the National Leader for MNP’s Succession Services practice and a member of the Assurance team.... Read More

Ilan Jacobson

Ilan Jacobson
Founding Partner & CEO, FirePower Capital

Ilan Jacobson is responsible for leading FirePower Capital in all its endeavours, setting its strategic direction and providing top-level guidance... Read More

Adam Mallon

Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Located in Edmonton, Adam is a Managing Director with BDO Canada Transaction Advisory Services focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions. In... Read More

Dave Mason

Dave Mason
Director, Senior Private Wealth Manager, UBS Bank (Canada)

Dave Mason has been in the investment industry for over 30 years.  His career began in 1988 as an investment... Read More

Mike McIsaac

Mike McIsaac
Founder & President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Mike is a Chartered Professional Accountant and successful businessman with more than 20 years of experience working with private businesses... Read More

Andrew Kemper

Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners

Andrew has worked for over a decade providing corporate finance counsel, expertise and advice to mid-market private and public companies.... Read More

Keith Brown

Keith Brown
Business Family Advisor and Founder, Financial Confidence Advisors

Keith’s passion is creating financially confident family businesses that are set up to successfully, and harmoniously transition to the next... Read More

Dylan Brown

Dylan Brown
Financial Advisor, Financial Confidence Advisors

Dylan’s passion is helping families and their businesses stay together and prepare themselves against hardships. When he was just a... Read More

Victoria Brown

Victoria Brown
Business Family Facilitator and Founder, 10X Business Builder

Within every family business is a unique, secret weapon that when leveraged properly, ensures success, longevity and an invincible competitive... Read More

Delna Bhesania

Delna Bhesania
CEO & Co-Founder, Bardel Entertainment

Emmy Award winning Executive Producer and CEO with a passion for start ups and growing high preforming business’s. Familiar with... Read More

Mike Burtch

Mike Burtch
Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell
Principal, SSDG Interiors Inc.

Julie has focused on commercial design for 20 years and is a co-owner of Vancouver-based SSDG Interiors, one of BC’s... Read More

Scott Bodie

Scott Bodie
Partner, Tax, Bennett Jones LLP

Scott Bodie advises on tax issues relating to corporate reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, public market debt and equity transactions,... Read More

Jim Crooks

Jim Crooks
Managing Director & Partner, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Jim Crooks is a Corporate Finance Partner and Managing Director at PwC Canada working in the Vancouver office. Jim has... Read More

Nicholas Drake

Nicholas Drake
Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Nicholas Drake is a Director in BDC Capital’s Growth & Transition Capital group in Vancouver where he focusses on providing... Read More

Darrell Ert

Darrell Ert
Founder & President, Evolution Strategies

Founded of a deep commitment to redefine the delivery of Legacy Planning advice, Darrell relaunched Evolution Strategies Ltd. After a... Read More

Silvana Facchin

Silvana Facchin
Partner, Richards Buell Sutton LLP

Silvana is a Partner, Practice Leader of the Business Law Group, and Manager of the Corporate Services Department at Richards... Read More

Grant Foster

Grant Foster
Partner, Fasken

Grant Foster is a corporate/commercial Partner and member of the Private M&A group in Vancouver. He advises clients in a... Read More

Taylor Gemmel

Taylor Gemmel
Owner, Anita's Organic Mills

Ryan Giles

Ryan Giles
Partner, TriWest Capital Partners

Ryan Giles joined TriWest in 2006. Prior to joining TriWest, Ryan was an Associate with Onex Corporation, where he was... Read More

Brad Hill

Brad Hill
Brad Hill, Managing Director, Consulting & Deals, PwC

Brad Hill is a managing director with PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance Inc. based in Vancouver. His primary focus is assisting privately... Read More

Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick
Chair, TEC Canada

Life is an adventure for Chris Hardwick – just ask anyone who works with him. This ambitious entrepreneur has a... Read More

Samuel Li

Samuel Li
Partner, Fasken

Samuel Li is a member of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and Information Technology groups in... Read More

Tracey McVicar

Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners

Tracey McVicar is Partner at CAI Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity firm. She is a former investment banker (RBC... Read More

Dave Bustos

Dave Bustos
Managing Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Dave Bustos is a partner with Fort Capital Partners, an investment bank that provides public companies and private companies, as... Read More

Kristi Miller

Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital

Kristi has been providing mid-market businesses with relationship-focused, strategic financing for over twenty years. As National Managing Director, Kristi leads First West Capital across Canada and delivers tailored subordinated-debt, mezzanine and equity financing solutions for growth, acquisitions and transitions. Prior to First West Capital, Kristi spent ten years with Vancity Capital, another B.C.-based subordinated debt fund. She has also worked with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Small Enterprise Equity Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Steve Lukas

Steve Lukas
Associate Counsel, Harper Grey LLP

Known for his innovative and “out of the box” thinking and client focused solutions, Steven works closely with many entrepreneurs... Read More

Peter J. Mogan

Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP

Known as a leading mid-market M&A legal advisor in British Columbia, Peter Mogan, founder and senior partner of Mogan Daniels... Read More

Jeff Pocock

Jeff Pocock
Partner, Transactions National M&A and Private Equity Leader, Grant Thornton LLP

Jeff is a partner in our advisory services practice based in Toronto specializing in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions... Read More

Jacoline Loewen

Jacoline Loewen
Director, UBS Investment Management Canada Inc.

Jacoline Loewen, Head of Business Development for UBS Bank (Canada), is an expert on wealth management, family office, philanthropy, legacy... Read More

Julie McGill

Julie McGill
Managing Partner, Fulmer Capital Partners Inc.

Julie McGill is Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator with a stellar track record of financial management, business leadership and... Read More

Christian Gauthier

Christian Gauthier
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP

Christian Gauthier is a Partner of Bennett Jones LLP based in Vancouver and Toronto who advises local and international clients... Read More

Vic Marks

Vic Marks
Founder, Hartley and Marks

Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw
Vice President, M&A, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc.

Negotiating a successful merger or acquisition takes more than expertise and experience. It also requires deep focus, serious goal-setting and... Read More

Don Montgomery

Don Montgomery
President, True North Mergers and Acquisitions

“It may be cliché, but for my entire career ‘the customer experience’ has been my very personal passion, and the... Read More

Jonathan Piurko

Jonathan Piurko
President & CEO, Monarch Bridge Financial Inc.

Jonathan Piurko is the Co-Founder and CEO of Monarch Bridge Financial Corp.  Mr. Piurko is responsible for all executive functions... Read More

Sushil Arora

Sushil Arora
CEO, Danica Imports

Gary Benson

Gary Benson
Vice President Operations, Danica Imports

Rodney Benson

Rodney Benson
Board of Director - Chairman, Danica Imports

Jeremy Billan

Jeremy Billan
Director, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Stephane Bourque

Stephane Bourque
Co-Founder & CEO, Incognito Software Inc.

Jeremy Braude

Jeremy Braude
Board of Director - Director, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude

Jonathan Braude
Vice President Product, Danica Imports

Jonathan Braude is the Vice President for Product at Danica Imports, a Vancouver-based company that designs and distributes kitchen textiles,... Read More

Deena Chochinov

Deena Chochinov
Family Enterprise Advisor and Management Consultant

For over 20 years, Deena has worked as a consultant, coach and counsellor with people and organizations seeking meaningful change.... Read More

Cindy David

Cindy David
President, Cindy David Financial Group

With 24 years of financial planning expertise, Cindy David, CFP, CLU, FEA, TEP, is the President of Cindy David Financial... Read More

Prentice Durbin

Prentice Durbin
Partner, Harper Grey LLP

Ronnie De Zen

Ronnie De Zen
Partner, PwC

Ronnie De Zen is a partner in the Tax Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP working in the Vancouver office. He... Read More

Graham Flater

Graham Flater
Principal, Fulcrum Capital

Graham is a Principal at Fulcrum Capital, a mid-market Canadian private equity firm currently investing out of its fifth private... Read More

Karen Flavelle

Karen Flavelle
CEO, Purdys Chocolates

Terry Holland

Terry Holland
Managing Partner, Krystal Growth Partners

Terry Holland has been involved in the Canadian private equity market for over 25 years. A commerce graduate of the... Read More

Paul Hemsley

Paul Hemsley
Founder and President, Hemmera

Paul Hemsley is the founder and President of Hemmera. Since 1994, Paul has worked with his partners and employees to... Read More

Blair Horn

Blair Horn
Partner M&A, Fasken

Blair Horn is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group.  Blair advises public and private technology,... Read More

Mike McKee

Mike McKee
Director of Real Estate and Finance, JAK’s Beer Wine & Spirits

Maheb Nathoo

Maheb Nathoo
CEO, Agrifoods International Co-operative and Earth's Own Food Company

Anthony Nicalo

Anthony Nicalo
Entrepreneur in Residence, HIGHLINE Beta

James Knight

James Knight
Director, Transaction Advisory, RSM Canada

James Knight, director, transaction advisory, specializes in providing financial due diligence services to a diverse client base including private equity... Read More

John Nicola

John Nicola
Chairman & CEO, Nicola Wealth

A veteran of the financial services industry since 1974, John provides strategic leadership to Nicola Wealth, exercising his passion for... Read More

Bruce MacKenzie

Bruce MacKenzie
Owner, Chapman & Associates

For 25 years Bruce has supported both small companies and large corporations with human element challenges: building management teams |... Read More

Bob Lawrence

Bob Lawrence
Value Enhancement and Exit Readiness, VEER Business Advisors Ltd.

After earning his CA designation in 1987, and since leaving public practice accounting in 1992, Bob has served in executive... Read More

Kevin McElroy

Kevin McElroy
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Natalie Michael

Natalie Michael
CEO & Executive Coach, Waterfront Partners

Tea Nicola

Tea Nicola
Co-Founder & CEO, WealthBar

Tea pioneered the robo-advisor model in Canada in 2014, making WealthBar the first of its kind in the country. Today,... Read More

Janet Davie

Janet Davie
President & CEO, JLD Management Group and Chair, TEC Canada

Janet Davie brings a unique mixture of academic and practical knowledge to her role as a senior financial executive and... Read More

Trevor Parry

Trevor Parry
Senior Tax and Estate Planning Advisor Raymond James Ltd.

Trevor holds an undergraduate degree in History from Trinity College at the University of Toronto, a Master’s Degree in History... Read More

Danvir Roopra

Danvir Roopra
Partner, Transaction Tax, BDO Canada LLP

Danvir is a Tax Partner at BDO Canada with over 12 years of experience in public practice. He works closely... Read More

Paul Rowe

Paul Rowe
Partner, Fulcrum Capital Partners

Paul is involved in a wide range of investing activities at Fulcrum Capital. He has an extensive background in merchant... Read More

Tina Osen

Tina Osen
President, HUB International

Tina Osen is President of HUB International Canada, the largest insurance broker in Canada. As President of HUB’s Canadian operations,... Read More

Michal Pisarek

Michal Pisarek
Co-Founder, Dynamic Owl Consulting

Jesse Ahuja

Jesse Ahuja
Partner, MEP Business Counsel

Jesse Ahuja is a Partner at MEP Business Counsel. Jesse’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, private equity and... Read More

Melisa Attisha

Melisa Attisha
Executive Vice President and COO at TAG Alliances

Melisa Attisha qualified as a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1994. During her eight years of... Read More

Neil Atchison

Neil Atchison
Principal, Analytica Advisors Inc.

Neil Atchison, P.Eng., founded Analytica Advisors Inc. in 2009 and is its Managing Director. He has over 25 years of... Read More

Michael J. Beninger

Michael J. Beninger
Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP

Michael Beninger has practised taxation law and provided strategic personal and corporate planning advice in Alberta and British Columbia for... Read More

Holly Castle

Holly Castle
Director, Tax Planning, BMO Wealth Management

Holly provides tax and estate planning expertise to high net worth families and business owners, as part of an integrated... Read More

Derek Strong

Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital

Derek is a 25 year veteran of the Pacific Northwest financial community, having spent the last 20 years with Roynat... Read More

Todd Coleman

Todd Coleman
Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, BMO Wealth Management

As Vice President, Business Advisory & Succession Planning, Todd Coleman advises high net worth private business owners in transition with... Read More

Kellie Manchester

Kellie Manchester
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

Kellie has over 14 years experience advising clients in BC and Alberta on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings and buyouts in... Read More

Mike De Pfyffer

Mike De Pfyffer
Former Director, Thunderbird Marine Corp

Michael de Pfyffer is a Director of Totem Cove Holdings Inc., the former owner of Thunderbird Marine Corp., which owned... Read More

David Frost

David Frost
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

David S. Frost* is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver and Co-Chair of our National Life Sciences... Read More

Deborah Graystone

Deborah Graystone
Partner, BDO Canada LLP

With over 25 years of experience, Deborah works with clients to develop strategies to minimize the tax burden on business... Read More

Arthur Griffiths

Arthur Griffiths
Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks and Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment

Gary Powroznik

Gary Powroznik
Founder and Managing Director, G-Force Group

Gary D. Powroznik, FCPA, FCA, CIRP is the Founder and Managing Director of G-Force Group http://www.g-forcegroup.ca/, a Vancouver-based professional service... Read More

Erin Klassen-Parkes

Erin Klassen-Parkes
CFO, Klassen Business Group

Erin Parkes grew up in the family business as the eldest grandchild of generation 3. She followed in her grandmother... Read More

Merv Klassen

Merv Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Merv has worked in the family business founded by his parents Neil and Rita since he was a little boy.... Read More

Reg Klassen

Reg Klassen
Senior Partner, Klassen Business Group

Reg has worked in the trucking business founded by his father, Neil, for well over four decades; previously he served... Read More

Travis Klassen

Travis Klassen
CEO, Klassen Business Group

Travis Klassen has been working within the framework of family enterprise for as long as he can remember. Travis entered... Read More

Steve Kleinschmidt

Steve Kleinschmidt
Director, Good Insights Strategy Inc

Steve Kleinschmidt is the Co-Founder and a Director at Good Insights Strategy Inc.  The Company provides advisory services across a... Read More

Shafeen Mawani

Shafeen Mawani
COO, The Western Investment Company of Canada Ltd.

Shafeen serves as Chief Operating Officer for Western Investment Company of Canada. He has over ten years of experience advising... Read More

Tricia McIver

Tricia McIver
Business & Family Wealth Specialist, Scotia Wealth Management

Tricia leads Scotia Wealth Management’s Business and Family Advisory Services in British Columbia. She advises accomplished business owners and affluent... Read More

Doug Ryder

Doug Ryder
Partner, Transactions / Valuation, Grant Thornton LLP

Doug Ryder joined Grant Thornton LLP as a Partner in the Vancouver Transactions Practice in 2016. Prior to joining Grant... Read More

Alan Oishi

Alan Oishi
Business Strategist & Facilitator, Alan Oishi Inc.

Since 2010, Alan has been providing strategic advisory services to purpose-led organizations across a diverse set of industry sectors. He... Read More

John Rose

John Rose
Former CEO & President, Nuheat

Eric Termuende

Eric Termuende
Co-Founder, NoW Innovations

Eric Termuende is the co-founder of NoW Innovations, a bestselling author, and an international speaker. His work has been featured... Read More

Yves Potvin

Yves Potvin
Founder, Gardein and President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Art

Trained as a classical French chef, Yves Potvin has dedicated his culinary career to creating healthy, tasty, convenient foods found in major... Read More

Steve Saville

Steve Saville
Partner M&A, Fasken

David Simpson

David Simpson
Director, Ivey Business Families Centre, Ivey Business School, Western University

David Simpson is a Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship group and the founding director of the Business Families Centre at the... Read More

Matt Price

Matt Price
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Matt Price is a Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital in our Vancouver office. Before joining BDC, Matt has spent... Read More

Ashley Cooper

Ashley Cooper
President and CEO, Paladin Security Group

Ashley Cooper is the President & CEO of Paladin Security Group Ltd, one of Canada’s largest full service security companies... Read More

Mike Cordoba

Mike Cordoba
Founding Partner, Empresario Capital Partners

Mike Cordoba is a highly active and driven entrepreneur and a founding partner of Empresario Capital Partners. His experience includes... Read More

Justin Currie

Justin Currie
CEO, Royalty North Partners

Justin is CEO of Royalty North Partners based in Vancouver. Royalty North is a public company (RNP.V) that provides non-dilutive... Read More

David Raffa

David Raffa
President, Valeo Corporate Finance Ltd.

David has been working in the technology space for more than thirty years in a variety of roles including scientist,... Read More

Richard Harris

Richard Harris
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc.

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Richard acts as Executive Chairman of each portfolio company, focuses... Read More

Constantine Hatzipanayis

Constantine Hatzipanayis
Director, Krystal Financial Corp.

Constantine Hatzipanayis joined Krystal Financial Corp. in May 2010, at the time bringing with him over 10 years of investing... Read More

Barry Hubich

Barry Hubich
Vice President, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital

Barry Hubich is Vice-President, BDC Capital for the Western Canadian region.  Barry has  more than thirty years of experience working... Read More

Brian Hurl

Brian Hurl
Former CEO & Owner, Foley’s Candies

Until recently Brian Hurl was the President and CEO of Foleys Candies Ltd., a privately held manufacturer of chocolate and... Read More

Aileen La Borie

Aileen La Borie
Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

Aileen obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 2000 and graduated from Dalhousie Law... Read More

Steve Thorp

Steve Thorp
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Postmark Brewing

Steve began his entrepreneurial career early, founding his first major business at the age of 19 in Vancouver BC while... Read More

Jim McGuigan

Jim McGuigan
Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Jim McGuigan is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.  He is an Incorporated Partner and a Managing Director... Read More

Ivor Luk

Ivor Luk
BC Financial Advisory Managing Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deloitte LLP

Ivor is the Partner in charge of the Financial Advisory Group in British Columbia and also leads the M&A Transaction... Read More

Tony Scott

Tony Scott
President, Platinum Pro-Claim

Tony Scott learned restoration work on the job working for his stepfather beginning in 1979. He attended BCIT in 1984... Read More

Andrea Shaw

Andrea Shaw
Founder & Managing Partner, TTG Canada

Prior to launching TTG Canada, TTG Partnerships (TwentyTen Group) and TORQUE Strategies, Andrea was Vice President of Sponsorship, Sales and Marketing... Read More

Bruno Suppa

Bruno Suppa
Partner, Financial Advisory Services, BDO Canada LLP

Bruno has held various roles at BDO, most recently as Manager, Financial Advisory Services. Bruno has spent the past several... Read More

Kam Nat

Kam Nat
Senior Tax Manager, BDO Canada LLP

Kam is a senior manager in BDO’s Canadian tax department with over 10 years of public practice experience. He specializes... Read More

Dr. Basil Peters

Dr. Basil Peters
CEO, Strategic Exits Corp

While still in grad school, Basil co-founded Nexus Engineering. Nexus grew to seven companies with over 300 employees with operations... Read More

Genevieve Pinto

Genevieve Pinto
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP

Genevieve Pinto is a partner in our Business Law Group in Vancouver. Her areas of practice include corporate finance, mergers... Read More

John Warrillow

John Warrillow
Founder, The Value Builder System™

John Warrillow has been helping companies understand and market to the SME segment for more than two decades. He has... Read More

Bruno Bertocci

Bruno Bertocci
Senior Portfolio Manager & Managing Director, UBS Global Asset Management

Bruno Bertocci is a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager with UBS Global Asset Management, based in Chicago. He has... Read More

Brian Begert

Brian Begert
Managing Partner, Yellow Point Equity Partners

Brian is a co-founder of Yellow Point. He is primarily involved in sourcing and assessing prospective partnerships, as well as... Read More

Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith
Owner & President, Smithrite Disposal Ltd.

Joseph Calvano

Joseph Calvano
Former Partner & Founder, Dollar Giant

Joe, like many senior and executive Retailers in Canada today, started out his retail career as a Management Trainee at... Read More

Kathy Butler

Kathy Butler
Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking - British Columbia, CIBC World Markets Inc.

Kathy Butler is a Managing Director and Head, Wholesale Banking – British Columbia for CIBC World Markets. Ms. Butler joined... Read More

Eric Carlson

Eric Carlson
Core Founder & CEO, Anthem Properties & CEO, United Communities

Eric Carlson is the core founder and CEO of Anthem Properties – a Vancouver based real estate investment, development and... Read More

Mike Wick

Mike Wick
Director, North Delta Seafoods

Donald M. Spence

Donald M. Spence
Managing Partner, SVG Capital Group

Mr. Spence has been involved exclusively in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, financial litigation support and related matters since 1985. Mr. Spence has... Read More

John Robinson

John Robinson
President & CEO, Strategic Succession

John Robinson is President & CEO of Strategic Succession, an independent advisory firm that has been helping business owners build... Read More

Brent Cunningham

Brent Cunningham
Partner, Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions Corp.

Brent is a seasoned entrepreneur, having started, operated and sold two sizeable companies before co-founding Sequoia Mergers & Acquisitions in... Read More

John Stout

John Stout
Co-Founder, President and Head of Sales, SNAP Financial Group

John has extensive experience as a senior executive particularly seasoned in design, development, management and implementation of automated credit-underwriting systems... Read More

Wendy Sage-Hayward

Wendy Sage-Hayward
Adjunct Professor, Sauder School of Business at UBC and Senior Consultant, Family Business Consulting Group

Wendy is a senior consultant at the Family Business Consulting Group, working closely with business leaders, family firms, and boards.... Read More

Neil de Gelder

Neil de Gelder
Executive Vice President, Stern Partners Inc.

Andrew Strang

Andrew Strang
Co-Founder & CEO, FlyOver Canada/ FlyOver America

Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of the FlyOver® group of visitor attractions. Andrew holds a law degree from UBC.... Read More

Brett Hodson

Brett Hodson
Former CEO, Corix

Brett Hodson is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of the Corix Group of Companies and was... Read More

Cliff Harper

Cliff Harper
Managing Director & Former Partner, Certified Coatings Specialists Inc.

John (Cliff) Harper is a corporate leader and goal oriented strategic planner who has been involved with the development of... Read More

Brent Twist

Brent Twist
CEO, Encore Business Solutions

Brent is responsible for overall corporate strategy and business direction at Encore Business Solutions. His visionary thinking and leadership style... Read More

Rod Senft

Rod Senft
Managing Director, Tricor Pacific Capital

As a Managing Director at Tricor Pacific Founders Capital Inc., Rod contributes to portfolio company strategy, is a sounding board for human... Read More

Dan Jacques

Dan Jacques
Partner, Headwater Equity Partners

Dan has over eighteen years’ experience in private equity, investment banking and accounting. Prior to forming Headwater Equity Partners Inc.,... Read More

Richard Swann

Richard Swann
Founder and President, LOKI Systems Inc.

Niels Veldhuis

Niels Veldhuis
President, The Fraser Institute

Niels Veldhuis is President of the Fraser Institute, Canada’s top ranked think-tank and among the top 20 globally, according to... Read More

Olivier Vincent

Olivier Vincent
President & CEO, Co-founder, LocalSphere

Olivier is a Vancouver based serial tech-entrepreneur. He created over 9 companies and startups. He was the founder and CEO... Read More

Iain Mant

Iain Mant
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Iain Mant is a partner in Fasken Martineau’s Securities & Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Iain advises clients on public equity... Read More

John McDonald

John McDonald
Principal, Rampworth Capital Services Inc.

McDonald is the founder and President of Rampworth Capital Services Inc., a boutique strategy firm with a decade of success,... Read More

Greg McDougall

Greg McDougall
CEO, Harbour Air Ltd.

Greg McDougall is CEO and founder of Harbour Air Seaplanes, the world’s largest seaplane airline. Starting with two planes in... Read More

Trevor Thomson

Trevor Thomson
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Trevor is a partner in BDO’s west region, with over 22 years of professional experience providing taxation and business advisory... Read More

Brad Miller

Brad Miller
Former CEO, IMW Industries & CEO, Advantec Group of Companies

Harry Watson

Harry Watson
Founder, President & CEO, CCMET Group

Harry Watson is the Founder and President of Canadian Construction Materials Engineering and Testing Inc. (CCMET) In 1987, Harry saw... Read More

Pirooz Pourdad

Pirooz Pourdad
Senior Advisor, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP.

In the last 28 years in the corporate finance area, Pirooz has assisted numerous owners in the sale of their... Read More

Ken Tarry

Ken Tarry
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.

As a co-founder of Sequeira Partners in British Columbia, Ken is a respected authority on middle market corporate finance transactions.... Read More

Kari Yuers

Kari Yuers
President & CEO, Kryton International Inc.

Kari Yuers, FACI, is the President and CEO of Kryton International Inc., a concrete waterproofing manufacturer based out of Vancouver,... Read More

Perry Yuen

Perry Yuen
Partner, Taxation Services, BDO Canada LLP

Perry has over 16 years of public practice experience exclusively in Canadian taxation matters including personal, corporate, and estate taxation.... Read More

John Zaplatynsky

John Zaplatynsky
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Canada, GardenWorks

John is a the Chairman of the Board of Canada GardenWorks Ltd. GardenWorks is a privately-owned and operated retail garden... Read More

Don Sihota

Don Sihota
Partner, Clark Wilson LLP

Don Sihota is a Partner with the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP. He provides legal advice on mergers and... Read More

Michael Stephens

Michael Stephens
Partner, Denton’s Canada LLP

Mike Stephens practices corporate finance and securities law, with an emphasis on securities offerings including stock exchange listings, mergers &... Read More

Murray Shapiro

Murray Shapiro
BA, LL.B., TEP Vice President, Business Owner Specialist, High Net Worth Planning Services, RBC Wealth Management Services

His expertise encompasses both domestic and international family circumstances, and covers planning applicable to many countries around the world. His... Read More

Marco Tomassetti

Marco Tomassetti
Partner, Corporate Finance, KPMG

Marco has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator.... Read More

Mark Wardell

Mark Wardell
President, Wardell International

Founder and President of Wardell Professional Development, Mark Wardell has developed a reputation as a leader in business advisory by... Read More

Rob V. Wildeman

Rob V. Wildeman
Managing Director, Parallel49 Equity

Rob is a Managing Director of Tricor Pacific Capital which he joined in 2006. Tricor is a leading private equity... Read More

Kevin Wong

Kevin Wong
CPA, CA, Regional Tax Leader, Partner, MNP LLP

Kevin is a Partner and MNP’s Leader for Taxation Services in the Vancouver region. Kevin has more than 19 years... Read More

Duncan Adams
Duncan Adams
Vice President ,TriWest Capital
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Julie Afanasiff
Julie Afanasiff
Partner, Sequeira Partners Inc.
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Naim Ali
Naim Ali
Chief Executive Officer, SM2 Capital
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David Allardice
David Allardice
Partner, Miller Titerle & Company
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Aleem Bandali
Aleem Bandali
Managing Director, MNP
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Gerry Bellerive
Gerry Bellerive
Managing Director, Regimen Partners
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Simone Brunton
Simone Brunton
Principal, Transactions, Grant Thornton LLP
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Charles Chang
Charles Chang
President & Founder, Lyra Growth Partners Inc.
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Steve Chen
Steve Chen
Managing Director, First West Capital
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Axel Christiansen
Axel Christiansen
Senior Vice President, Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions Inc
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Pierre Cléroux
Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC
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Carolyn de Voest
Carolyn de Voest
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Kristin Delwo
Kristin Delwo
Founder and CEO, Stacks
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Lynne Fisher
Lynne Fisher
National Team Leader, ExitSmart, MNP
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Andy Fraser
Andy Fraser
President and CEO, NCSG Crane & Heavy Haul
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Rick Gendemann
Rick Gendemann
Partner, Manning Elliott LLP Accountants and Business Advisors
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Candace Giesbrecht
Candace Giesbrecht
Strategic HR Consultant, Better Your Best, Business Performance Specialists
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Matthew Gould
Matthew Gould
Co-Founder & President, MORECO Ltd.
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Bryan Haynes
Bryan Haynes
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
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Glenn Jacques
Glenn Jacques
Dealer Principal & VP of Sales, Rocky Mountain Phoenix
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Andrew Kemper
Andrew Kemper
Partner, Capital West Partners
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Darcy Kernaghan
Darcy Kernaghan
Founder, Securiguard Services Ltd.
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Dean Koeller
Dean Koeller
President, Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation
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Nancy MacKay
Nancy MacKay
CEO, MacKay CEO Forums
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Allison Maher
Allison Maher
Co-founder, Family Wealth Coach Planning Services Inc.
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Alina Martin
Alina Martin
Co-Founder & CEO, The Harvest Hub
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Tracey McVicar
Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners
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Kristi Miller
Kristi Miller
Founder and National Managing Director, First West Capital
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Peter J. Mogan
Peter J. Mogan
Founder and Senior Partner, Mogan Daniels Slager LLP
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Don Montgomery
Don Montgomery
President, True North Mergers and Acquisitions
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Mackenzie Regent
Mackenzie Regent
Co-Founder & Partner, Kalos LLP
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George Rossolatos
George Rossolatos
CEO, Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF)
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Dave Sparrow
Dave Sparrow
President, Trailwise Capital
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Alf Sailer
Alf Sailer
Managing Director, Investment Banking, AltaCorp Capital
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Derek Strong
Derek Strong
Managing Director, BC and Southern Alberta, Roynat Capital
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David Wan
David Wan
Director, Growth & Transition Capital, BDC Capital
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Jason Zanatta
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