ACG TORONTO - CANADA’S LEADING ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRIVATE EQUITY AND M&A INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ACG TORONTO - CANADA’S LEADING ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRIVATE EQUITY AND M&A INDUSTRY ANNOUNCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

June 25, 2024

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Toronto announces the Board of Directors for 2024 – 2025.

Sean McKinnon takes on the role of Board Chair, following Ben Gibbons who has been the Chair since 2021.  “It has been a privilege to lead ACG Toronto for the past 3 years.  Sean will provide his vision and work with the Board, to ensure the middle market deal community has access to top thought leadership and resources to support chapter growth”, said Ben Gibbons, Past Board Chair and Founder and Managing Partner, Waterpoint Lane. 

The Board will be comprised of 19 voting and 5 Honorary board members.  Four new members join the Board this year including: 

• STEPHANIE MOONEY - Vice-President, Recognition Fund Development - Trivest Partners
• JASON BULLEN, Partner - Business Law Group - Cassels
• JOSEPH LO - Partner - Sagard Private Equity
• PAUL SMACHYLO - Director Mergers & Acquisitions - Deloitte

“We’re pleased to welcome these industry leaders to our Board of Directors.   They will contribute industry experience and influence, as we continue to promote our chapter as the leader in mid-market deal-making within the Canadian and North American Private Equity and M&A sectors “, said Sean McKinnon, Chair of the ACG Board of Directors and Head of Business Development, Novacap. 

ACG TORONTO – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2024 – 2025

• Sean McKinnon - Novacap – Director and Chair of the Board
• Ben Gibbons - Waterpoint Lane – Director and Past-Chair of the Board
• Paul Smachylo - Deloitte – Director and Treasurer

• Michael Rudanycz - SLC Management – Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada –
  • Director, Secretary and Vice-Chair Governance

• Adrianna Czornyj - Persistence Capital Partners - Director

• Cathy Logue - Stanton Chase - Director
• David Poirier - The Poirier Group - Director
• Debra Dobson - Peloton Capital Management – Director
• Evan Bennitt - BMO Commercial Bank – Director
• Jason Bullen - Cassels – Director
• Joseph Lo - Sagard Private Equity - Director
• Michael Bowman - Northleaf Capital Partners - Director
• Mistine Lauzon - CIBC Capital Markets – Director
• Mike Moore - RBC - Director
• Michelle Alphonso - Grant Thornton - Director
• Reggie George - TD Securities - Director
• Sean Flinn - BFL Canada – Director
• Stephanie Mooney - Trivest Partners - Director
• Yong Kwon - Raymond James - Director
• Mike Fenton - President & CEO - ex-officio

HONORARY DIRECTORS

• Brad Ashley - PRIVEQ Capital Funds – Honorary Director
• Dan Amadori - Lamerac Financial – Honorary Director
• Darin Brock - TorQuest Partners – Honorary Director
• Stephen Smith – SBS Structured Solutions – Honorary Director
• Vaughn MacLellan - DLA Piper – Honorary Director

In 2024- 2025, ACG Toronto will host 35+ programs and events in Ottawa, Halifax, Toronto and in Montreal in partnership with ACG Quebec.

ACG Toronto hosts the 22^nd annual Capital Connection Conference, Canada’s largest and most prominent debt and equity marketplace. The Conference takes place on November 11^th & 12^th.

The conference provides a series of events over two days — focused on dealmaking, thought leadership and networking.   More than 700 mid-market company executives, business owners, intermediaries, and service providers with influential executives from Canadian and U.S. private equity firms, banks, family offices and specialty financial institutions. 

• November 11^th - Opening Dinner
• November 12^th - Conference will include presentations featuring 40+ industry executives and a variety of keynote and sector-specific topics.
  • Trade Show and Closing Reception
  • 8th Fall DealSource North Conference

ABOUT ACG TORONTO: ACG Toronto connects the mid-market Private Equity and M&A sectors, through 2,500+ executives and organizations across Canada, and provides opportunities for Thought Leadership, Professional Development, Networking and Deal-making. Founded in 1954, ACG© - Association for Corporate Growth, is the premier M&A dealmaking community in North America, with 54 chapters and 15,000+ members, in a network that comprises more than 100,000 middle market professionals who invest, own and advise growing companies.

For more information – contact – toronto@acg.org / ACG Toronto | Association for Corporate Growth