ACG Capital Connection 2019 | ACG Toronto | 28 October 2019 | Beanfield Centre, 105 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3, Canada

17th Annual Capital Connection Conference – Canada’s largest and most prominent debt and equity marketplace. The event brings together mid-market company executives, business owners, intermediaries and service providers with influential executives from Canadian and US private equity firms, banks and specialty financial institutions.

This event connects Private Equity and Capital providers with Investment Banks and M&A Advisory organizations. The format focuses on pre-scheduled business development meetings to discuss deal-flow opportunities in the Canadian the mid-market investment sector.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Craig Alexander
Chief Economist, Deloitte LLP

Pierre Pettigrew
Executive Advisor, International, Deloitte Canada LLP

MODERATORS:

James Padwick
Partner, Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Nadim Hirji
Executive Vice President & Head Canadian Commercial Banking, BMO

John Caggianiello
Managing Director, MNP Corporate Finance

Amar Joshi
Director, Management Consulting, RSM Canada

Pascal de Guise
Partner, BLG LLP

Kathy Le
Associate, Dickinson Wright

Simon Hodgett
Partner, Technology, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Stewart Sutcliffe
Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Sean Karamchandani
Partner, Persistence Capital Partners

PANELISTS:

Elaine Kunda
Founder, Managing Partner, Disruption Ventures

George Rossolatos
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF)

Rich Osborn
Managing Partners, TELUS Ventures

Aly Hadibhai
Principal, ONCAP Management Partners

Charles Brown
President & CEO, LifeLabs

Lisa Melchior
Founder & Managing Partner, VERTU Capital

Seth Mersky
Senior Managing Director, ONEX

Mike Murray
Managing Partner, Peloton Capital Management

Terry Power
Chief Executive Officer, Medisys Health Group

Arif Bhalwani
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Third Eye Capital

Eugene Roman
Principle, Design.ai Ltd

Aly Champsi
Managing Director, DW Healthcare Partners

David Nowak
Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management

Brent Belzberg
Senior Managing Partner, TorQuest Partners Inc.

John MacIntyre
Partner, Birch Hill Equity Partners

Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis
Vice President, Canada, Spring Lane Capital

Pascal Tremblay
President & Chief Executive Officer, Novacap

Peter Sozou
Canadian M&A Advisory Leader, Deloitte LLP

Scottie Wardell
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Integrity Growth Partners

Andrea Nickel
Managing Director, Celina Capital

Richard Prestegaard
Partner, Business Development, High Road Capital Partners

Elmer Kim
Chief Investment Officer, Hyatt Family Office

Jamie Windle
Partner, National Due Diligence Leader, BDO

Jim Orlando
Managing Partner, Wittington Ventures

Jeff Deacon
Managing Director, Fiera Private Debt

Michael Bowman
Director, Private Equity, Northleaf Capital Partners

Cheryl Strom
Principal, Origination, The Riverside Company

Ryan Supple
Vice President, Deal Generation, HKW

Pierre Morisset
Managing Director, Business Development Officer, Wells Fargo

Kevin Westfall
Vice President, Accord Financial

Patrick Allen
Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, Piper Jaffray & Co.

Warda Shaheen
Director, OMERS Private Equity

Nicole Musicco
Senior Managing Director, Private Markets, IMCO

James O’Shea
Vice President, Financial Institutions Group, TD Commercial Banking

WORKSHOP SPEAKERS:

Olivia Aylon
Associate Principal, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Susan Tomaine
Partner, Vancouver, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Stephen Smith
Sales Director, Canada, Vistra

Timothy Raven
Managing Director, Worximity Technology Inc

Loren Rafeson
Partner, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Kurt Sarno
Partner, Toronto, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

John-Paul Bogden
Partner, Vancouver, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Patrick Menda
Partner, Montreal, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Usman Tariq
Director, Fund Services, Alternative Investments, Vistra

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• BLG
• BMO
• Deloitte

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Grant Thornton
• RSM
• Trajectori Inc.

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Accord Financial
• Bridging Finance Inc.
• BDO
• Dickinson Wright LLP
• Fiera Private Lending
• MNP Corporate Finance Inc.
• Osler
• Stikeman Elliott
• TD
• Third Eye Capital
• Wells Fargo
• Wildeboe Dellelce LLP

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BDC
• Blakes
• CIBC
• Deal Cloud
• Euclid Transactional
• HUB
• KPMG
• McCarthy Tetrault
• Persistence Capital Partners
• Raymond James
• Richter
• S&P Global Market Intelligence
• Sapling Financial Consultants
• TMX
• Vistra
• Worximity

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Break Thru Beverage Canada
• FEI Canada
• The Globe and Mail
• M&A Club
• Mergermarket
• PE Hub
• PitchBook
• TMA