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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top British Columbia based President operating in the Finance space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Gregory Dean Feller
President of Mogo
Gregory Feller is a co-founder of Mogo and has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since August 2011, and has served as a member of our Board of Directors and President of the Company since April 2015. Prior to his appointment,Mr. Feller was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Technology Investment Banking Group at Citadel Securities, a financial services group. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Feller was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank, a global financial institution. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Feller was a Managing Director with Lehman Brothers where he worked from 2001 to 2008 and a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Feller has a Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters of Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.
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About Mogo: Mogo is a consumer finance company that helps in managing and controlling finances.
Harry Jaako
President of Discovery Capital
Jaako was appointed to the existing TMX Board in August 2001. Jaako is the Executive Officer and a Director and Principal of Discovery Capital Management Corp. (”DCMC”) and is also President and a Director of British Columbia Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc., a British Columbia venture capital fund managed by DCMC.
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About British Columbia Discovery Fund, Discovery Capital: Discovery Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early and growth stage investments.
Soheil Karkhanechi
Senior Vice President – Institutional of Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group
Soheil is Senior Vice President of Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group, responsible for overseeing various components of the institutional business. His prior career experience includes the founding of the Special Situations business at Deutsche Bank in New York where he managed a portfolio of risk arbitrage investments. Prior to that, Soheil was an M&A banker at Merrill Lynch and he started his career as an M&A lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell. Soheil received his B.A. from Trinity College, University of Toronto, his M.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group: Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. provides a broad range of traditional and alternative investment
Robert Phelps
President of Canadian Operations of Silver Chef
Robert Phelps is the president of Silver Chef Canada operations.
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About Silver Chef: Silver Chef provides flexible hospitality equipment funding solutions.
Arlen Hansen
President & CEO & Founder of Kin Communications
Since founding Kin in 2007, Arlen has succesfully lead our talented team through upward and downward market trends to become regarded as one of the top investor relations firms in the industry. Arlen oversees the overall direction and strategy of all campaigns, combining traditional investor relations practices with innovative communication technologies that generate measurable results for our clients.
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About Kin Communications: Kin Communications is Canada’s leading full-service investor relations firm experienced in building research.
Christine Bergeron
Vice President, Community Business Banking of Vancity
Christine has spent over 20 years working with entrepreneurs, financing innovative companies and building financial firms – all focused within the cleantech, sustainability and impact investing sectors. As a founding team member and Vice President of Chrysalix Energy, an early stage venture firm, she was part of a team that pioneered “cleantech” investing. She then co-founded an alternative asset management firm furthering her expertise in sustainability financing. She currently leads Vancity’s business banking group which finances small and medium sized enterprises in BC, and is growing the portfolio by putting people, communities and the planet first. Christine is a recipient of BC’s Top 40 under 40, Rising Star with the AWF and a Clean16 winner with Canada’s Clean50 awards. She can usually be found enjoying all that Vancouver offers – running, hiking, skiing, cycling. She is passionate about education, entrepreneurship and innovation, democracy, social trends and empowering people to be their best.
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About Vancity: Vancity is one of Canada’s largest credit unions, with $17.1 billion in assets, more than 492,000 members and 57 branches throughout Metro
Christine Bergeron
Vice President, Community Business Banking of Vancity
Christine has spent over 20 years working with entrepreneurs, financing innovative companies and building financial firms – all focused within the cleantech, sustainability and impact investing sectors. As a founding team member and Vice President of Chrysalix Energy, an early stage venture firm, she was part of a team that pioneered “cleantech” investing. She then co-founded an alternative asset management firm furthering her expertise in sustainability financing. She currently leads Vancity’s business banking group which finances small and medium sized enterprises in BC, and is growing the portfolio by putting people, communities and the planet first. Christine is a recipient of BC’s Top 40 under 40, Rising Star with the AWF and a Clean16 winner with Canada’s Clean50 awards. She can usually be found enjoying all that Vancouver offers – running, hiking, skiing, cycling. She is passionate about education, entrepreneurship and innovation, democracy, social trends and empowering people to be their best.
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About Vancity: Vancity is one of Canada’s largest credit unions, with $17.1 billion in assets, more than 492,000 members and 57 branches throughout Metro
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