Business Transition Forum Toronto 2023 | The Business Transitions Forum | 9 May 2023 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6, CA

Since 2015, the Business Transitions Forum has been helping entrepreneurs learn about ownership transitions and opportunities for M&A (mergers and acquisitions).

Now, The Business Transitions Forum is evolving to reveal comprehensive strategies to grow businesses of all kinds, while still educating entrepreneurs on the role M&A can play to increase shareholder value on both the sell side and buy side.

You’re invited to join serial entrepreneurs and Canada’s leading mergers and acquisitions practitioners to learn how to

• increase market share and shareholder value
• identify ways to grow and/or scale your business
• learn about being acquired or acquiring businesses
• learn how M&A can offer your business a path to growth
• learn how M&A can create opportunity for personal wealth creation through an eventual transition

2023 Speakers

Mark Brodkin
Private Equity National Head, Roynat Capital

Anthony Asquin
Associate Director, KV Capital

Michelle Alphonso
Partner, National Lead for Transaction Advisory Services & Private Equity, Grant Thornton LLP

Zamira Aliko
Partner & Senior Managing Director, Deloitte Corporate Finance

Patrick Bermingham
Principal, Bermingham Studio Inc.

Ian Black
Managing Partner, Rundle Partners

Angela Blake
Partner, Bennett Jones

Terry Chan
Partner | Transaction Diligence, Kalos LLP

Reena Chaudhary
Managing Partner, Sia Partners

Axel Christiansen
Partner, Relay Transition Partners

Julie Ellis
CEO and Founder, Julie Ellis & Co

David Fidler
Managing Director, Crosbie & Company Inc.

Miles Faulkner
Principal, Faulkner Consulting

Karen Fisman
Director, Business Development, Origin Merchant Partners

Waldemar Halek
President, Transworld Business Advisors of Ontario

Jerome Hamilton
Director, Growth and Transition Capital, BDC

Stephanie Hickmott
Principal, Portfolio Manager, Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.

John Hotson
Partner & Marketing Strategist, Business Transition Alliance

William Huk
Regional Vice President, Ontario East, Roynat Capital

Jarred Knecht
President of ProEV™ and Promark Electronics

Kleo Landucci
CEO & President, CrescentView Investments Ltd. & Former Managing Director, Ashcroft Terminal

Jacoline Loewen
CEO, Loewen Capital Partners

Matthew Langsford
Wealth Management, Senior Investment Advisor & Portfolio Manager, GC Wealth Canada

Mike McIsaac
CEO & Managing Director, Baker Tilly Canada Corporate Finance

Jonathan Lehun
Vice President, M&A Advisory, Firepower

Dan Lioutas
Principal, Managing Director - Transactions, Grant Thornton LLP

Matt Macdonald
Managing Director & Head, National Client Group /Vice-President, Ontario Commercial & Private Banking, National Bank of Canada

Richard McCammon
President, C6 Launch Systems Corporation

Don Montgomery
President, M&A Advisor, True North Mergers & Acquisitions

Pamela Miranda
Founding Partner, MIII MSP

Rob Normandeau
President, SeaFort Capital

Loren Rafeson
Partner, Growth Equity Partners, BDC Capital

Ravi Ramharak
Founder, MSP Corp

Pamela Ruebusch
Founder & CEO, TSI Group Inc

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

Conor Snape
Director, Growth & Transition Capital Greater Toronto Area, BDC Capital

Victoria Sopik
CEO & Co-founder, Kids & Company

Cathy Steiner
Principal, Origin Merchant Partners

Randy Williamson
Partner, AB Strategy / Aird & Berlis LLP

2023 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• BDC

ENTERPRISE SPONSORS:
• National Bank of Canada
• Bakertilly
• Roynat Capital - Scotiabank

VENTURE SPONSORS:
• Origin Merchant Partners
• Canacord Genuity
• Transworld Business Advisors
• Grant Thornton
• True North Mergers and Acquisitions
• Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel - Quiet Money

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Relay Transition Partners

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE:
• Shaughnessy Group

LANYARD:
• AIRD Berlis

BADGE:
• SeaFort Capital

GLOSSARY OF TERMS:
• True North Mergers and Acquisitions

PLENARY:
• KV Capital
• Bennett Jones

BREAKFAST:
• Business Transition Alliance

CO-JOURNAL:
• Fire Power Capital
• Kalos

MORNING COFFEE:
• Crosbie

OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF BTF:
• Air Canada

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Canadian Business Owner
• CVCA
• Family Enterprise Canada
• Tec Canada
• Canadian Association of Management Consultants