2026 Speakers

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)

Jamie Comstock

Vice President and Head, Commercial Banking, Alberta

National Bank

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

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 & Business Owner Solutions Group

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

Chris Reichert

President

Reichert Family Enterprise Advisors

Jeff Schellenberg

CEO

Decisive Dividend

Jamie B. Schwitzer

CIO

Westcap Mgt. Ltd.

Karl Sigerist

Author, Selling Your Canadian Business

President & CEO, 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