Tiara is known for designing elegant business strategies for complex situations. Her early career was focused on creating services for small and medium businesses in low-income countries, which later transitioned to designing international financial services to deliver investment where it most benefits businesses and communities.

Tiara has extensive experience in finance and operational strategy. She holds a Masters of Finance from Cambridge University. In 2010, she was awarded an Action Canada Fellowship and chaired the Action Canada Task Force on Canadian Household Debt. She was also awarded a Financial Leader’s Award in 2014 from the People’s Bank of China School of Finance at Tsinghua University, Beijing. She helped design the United Nations Green Climate Fund (the $100 billion financial mechanism for the Paris Agreement) and the creation of its Private Sector Facility. She is now Canada’s foremost expert in Employee Ownership Trusts, designing employee ownership transformation strategies to help Canadians protect their businesses and employees.

Tiara is currently the Board Chair of Employee Ownership Canada, the industry body dedicated to expanding employee ownership nationally. She is also a participant in the Oxford International Symposium on Employee Ownership.

Jennifer flourishes when she can help business leaders lean into their strengths, support them as they grow their businesses, and bear witness as they thrive. As a serial entrepreneur, she has successfully grown and sold her startups, with the most recent being one of the world’s leading podcast services companies, Pacific Content, which sold to Rogers Communications in 2019. If only Jennifer had known about the option of employee ownership, that sale would have taken a very different route.

As an award-winning producer, director, storyteller, entrepreneur and industry leader, Jennifer has carved her own path through business savvy, visionary creative direction and innovation, spanning TV, film, radio, digital media, journalism, technology, gaming, experiential design, fashion, and most recently pivoting towards finance. As an impact investor and philanthropist, Jennifer hopes that her work leads to positive social change and a more equitable future for under-represented communities.

With a strong foundation in finance and a proven track record of unlocking value through strategic private capital investments, Tracy excels at identifying growth opportunities and driving business transformation. Her career began at KPMG where she honed her skills and attention to detail in auditing before transitioning to the M&A team. She advised both sellers and buyers on numerous middle-market M&A transactions. Her interest in working with entrepreneurial minds led her to VC firm Vistara, where she played a key role in leading deals in the technology sector. She facilitated capital investments provided by the firm and acted as a supportive business partner to growth-stage companies across North America.

Outside of work, she is dedicated to giving back to the community. She has served as treasurer for a local non-profit organization and actively mentors students interested in pursuing careers in finance.

Tracy has Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Business Valuator designations.

Arnaud is an experienced executive leader in finance with an international career, including roles as CFO and consultant at PwC. He worked for 15 years at Veolia, a global leader in environmental services, where he held various senior financial roles across France, the UK, and Canada, actively participating in the development and financial closing of three Canadian infrastructure projects totaling $570M in project finance investment.

He later co-founded a start-up, equipping him with a strong entrepreneurial mindset that drives his innovative approach to business challenges. Arnaud now provides executive leadership support and advisory services, helping organizations navigate their growth trajectory, scale operations, adopt sophisticated practices, and tackle increasing complexity. He delivers CFO services, financial analysis, and financial modeling to clients across diverse industries. His expertise spans strategic planning, financial analysis, project finance, FP&A, corporate governance, and financial modeling.

Arnaud holds the CFA charter from the CFA Institute and the Advanced Financial Modeler designation from the Financial Modeling Institute.

Melanie thrives on turning visions of the future into actionable realities. She started her career in media and communications as a current affairs producer at Canada’s public broadcaster, then onto Canada’s largest newspaper writing about politics. From news, Melanie moved to a groundbreaking marketing strategy company where she worked as an audience development specialist, audio producer, and host. Then she entered the philanthropy sector as program director for the Ouano Foundation, a visionary charitable organization supporting women of the global majority at the forefront of digital human rights advocacy. In a previous life, she worked in the restaurant and hospitality sector, running a Caribbean restaurant and live-music venue.