Business Transition Forum Toronto 2024 | Business Transitions Forum | 14 May 2024 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2W6, Canada

Discover Actionable Growth & Transition Strategies from Top Entrepreneurs

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

Who Attends:
• 100's of entrepreneurs & their teams from a broad range of industry sectors and business stages
• Accounting, legal, financial, M&A experts and family advisors
• High performance business coaches, transition experts and serial entrepreneurs

2024 Speakers

CHAIR:

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

SPEAKERS:

Zach Austin
Corporate/Commercial Lawyer, Fasken

Elaine Barsalou
Managing Director & National Head Private Company M&A, National Bank Financial Inc.

Richard Betsalel
Managing Director, Crosbie & Company Inc.

Angela Blake
Partner, Bennett Jones

Mark Brodkin
Private Equity National Head, Roynat Capital

Derek Cardy
Founder, DCF Capital Partners

Denise Castonguay
Founder, Canada Gives

Pierre Cléroux
Vice President Research & Chief Economist, BDC

Steven Cohen
Executive Chairman, Salit Steel

Adam Crystal
Co-CEO, Silver Crystal Sports Inc.

Rachael Fisher-Doak
Chief Operations Officer, Lead Stylist & Buyer, Hanger 9

Victoria Gooderham
Portfolio Manager, Leith Wheeler

Chris Grant
President, IHT Group Inc.

Waldemar Halek
President, Transworld Business Advisors of Ontario

Jonathan Hess
Partner, Investment Banking, Fort Capital Partners

Jamshid (James) Hussaini
President, Business Point

John Hotson
Partner & Marketing Strategist, Business Transition Alliance

Stephanie Lau
Director, Kroll

Jacoline Loewen
Director, High Net Worth Relationships, Burgundy Asset Management

Don Montgomery
Founder & President, True North Mergers & Acquisitions

Pamela Miranda
Founding Partner, MIII MSP

Alexa Nick
Chair, Western Entrepreneurship Advisory Board

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

Alex Nikolic
Mining & M&A lawyer, Fasken

Michael Notto
Partner, Growth Equity, BDC Capital

Rob Nurse
District Director, Roynat Capital

Scott Plaskett
Managing Partner & CEO, Iron Shield Financial Planning

Rob Normandeau
President, SeaFort Capital

Bruce Rodgers
Co-founder & CEO, Ecometrix Inc

Anshul Ruparell
Founder of Tourmalet Partners; Former CEO & Co-founder of Properly (acquired), Tourmalet Partners

Michael Ruta
Director, Corporate Finance, Grant Thornton

Purdeep Sangha
CEO & Founder, SanghaX

Dr. Christine Sawchuk
President & CEO, CBV

Mackenzie Regent
Managing Partner, Kalos LLP

Karl Sigerist
Managing Director, The Shaughnessy Group

Jeff Schellenberg
CEO, Decisive Dividend

Ernesto Stasiak
President & CEO, Universal Field Supplies

Kayla Shepard
Client Experience Manager, True North Mergers & Acquisitions

Dave Turnbull
SVP – Head of Private Company Advisory, IG Wealth

Laura Vaughan
Forum Chair & Ontario Regional Director, MacKay CEO Forums

Rasheed Walizada
Founder Canadian Business Owner, Multicultural Entrepreneurs.

Natalie Yeadon
President & CEO, Impetus Digital

2024 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• BDC

ENDEAVOUR SPONSOR:
• IG Private Wealth Management

ENTERPRISE SPONSORS:
• National Bank
• Bakertilly

VENTURE SPONSORS:
• Decisive Dividend
• CG
• Transworld
• TrueNorth
• Roynat Capital/Scotia Bank
• Grant Thornton
• Leith Wheeler

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Relay Transition Partners

LANYARD:
• Shaughnessy Group

BADGE:
• Seafort Capital

PLENARY:
• Bennett Jones

JOURNAL:
• Kalos

BREAKFAST:
• Business Transition Alliance

LUNCH KEYNOTE:
• Nicola Wealth

MORNING COFFEE:
• Crosbie

WORKSHOP:
• Fasken