Explore the leaders and experts sharing insights on stage this year.
Polly Craik
Corporate Director
(Sold FineLine Solutions)
Scott Andrew
President
Air Andrew (Sold Andrew Agencies Ltd & RFNow Inc.)
Mark Brodkin
Private Equity National Head
Roynat Capital
Tracey Code
Director, National Accounts
Scotiabank
Jenna Cohen
VP Treasury & Special Initiatives
Produce Pay Inc.
Gary Coleman
Senior Director, TriWest Opportunities Fund Manitoba
President, Garibaldi Investments Ltd. (Sold Big Freight Systems Inc)
Aurèle Courcelles
Vice President, Tax & Estate Planning
IG Wealth Management
Silvia de Sousa
Lawyer
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Ed Dornn
Co-founder & Chair
Greenstone Building Products & Excel-7 Ltd
Stephanie Dornn
Co-Owner
Excel-7 Ltd & Greenstone Building Products
Mark Evans
CEO
Conquest Planning Inc. (Sold Emerging Information Systems Inc.)
Mike Fata
Entrepreneur, Investor, Author
(Sold Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods)
Tilda Fortier
Co-Owner & Business Manager
Greenstone Building Products Ltd. & Excel-7 Ltd.
Chad Friesen
CEO, Friesens Corporation
President, Tallgrass Employee Owner Equity Fund
Victoria Girardo
SVP & Co-Head of Commercial Banking & Private Banking for Western Canada
National Bank
Chris Grant
President
IHT Group Inc. (Sold IHT Group Inc)
Mark Groulx
President & Founder
AIM Group
Tom Hamilton-Piercy
Director
Baker Tilly (Canada) Capital
Constantine Hatzipanayis
Partner, Growth Equity Partners
BDC
Oren Horovitz
Managing Director
FirePower Capital, Value Maximization Division
Rishona Hyman
President & CEO
Aqua Essence Swim Academy
Ron Jonkman
CEO
Allmar Inc.
Leilani Kagan, K.C.
Lawyer
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Matthew Langsford
Senior Wealth Advisor
CG Wealth Management
Tabreez Lila
Managing Director, Growth & Transition Capital
BDC Capital
Jeff Linner
CIO & Partner
PFM Capital Inc.
Adam Mallon
Managing Director, Transaction Advisory Services
BDO Canada LLP
Chris Mellen
CEO, Partner & Pilot
Northway Aviation LP (Sold Northway Aviation Ltd)
Kevin (CrackBerry Kevin) Michaluk
Founder & President
Clicks Technology (Sold Mobile Nations)
Don Montgomery
Founder & Sr. Advisor
True North Mergers & Acquisitions
Rob Normandeau
President
SeaFort Capital
Franco Perugini
Principal, Growth Equity
BDC Capital
Michael Pyle
CEO & Director
Exchange Income Corporation
Mackenzie Regent
Managing Partner
Kalos LLP
Chris Reichert
President
Reichert Family Enterprise Advisors
Jeff Schellenberg
CEO
Decisive Dividend
Jamie B. Schwitzer
CFA, Chief Investment Officer
Westcap
Karl Sigerist
Managing Director
The Shaughnessy Group
Joanne Sigurdson
TEC Canada Master Chair
Executive coach & former Business Owner
Joshua Simair
Co-founder & Former CEO, SkipTheDishes
Co-founder, Pivot Subscriptions (Sold SkipTheDishes)
Bob Spriggs
CEO
Vector Construction Ltd. (Sold Vector Construction Ltd.)
Mitch Tetrault
President & CEO
Monarch Industries
Leah Tolton
Partner
Bennett Jones
Dave Turnbull
Head of IG Private Company Advisory
IG Private Wealth Management
Devin Wagner
Managing Director, National Transactions Leader
Doane Grant Thornton LLP
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