Meet the advisors shaping the vision and experience for this year’s event.
Polly Craik
Corporate Director
(Sold FineLine Solutions)
Aurèle Courcelles
Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning
IG Wealth Management
Jack Dallaire
Principal
SeaFort Capital
Gavin Fretwell
AVP, Finance
Decisive Dividend Corporation
Chad Friesen
CEO, Friesens Corporation
President, Tallgrass Employee Owner Equity Fund
Tom Hamilton-Piercy
Director
Baker Tilly (Canada) Capital
Leilani Kagan, K.C.
Lawyer
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Joanne MacKean
Vice-President, Manitoba & Saskatchewan
BDC
Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services
BDO Canada LLP
Kelly Nicolson
Regional Vice President – Western Canada
Roynat Capital
Mackenzie Regent
Managing Partner
Kalos
Joanne Sigurdson
TEC Canada Master Chair
Executive coach & former Business Owner
Mark Stephenson
President & Co-Founder
Cube Business Media
Bram Strain
President & CEO
Business Council of Manitoba
October 21, 2026 • Delta Hotel Winnipeg
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