The GP Advisory Committee
Co-Chairs:
- Dr. Robin Louis, Chairman of Ventures West (Vancouver), and
- Mr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Managing Director of Bain Capital Ventures (Boston).
Canadian members:
- Robin Louis, Co-Chair of the Committee and Chairman of Ventures West (Vancouver),
- David Adderly, Partner, Celtic House (Ottawa),
- John Albright, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, JLA Venture Partners (Toronto),
- Chris Arsenault, Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer, iNovia Capital (Montréal),
- Yvon Bolduc, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fonds de Solidarit FTQ (Montréal),
- Jim Charlton, Senior Vice President, Investments, GrowthWorks (Vancouver),
- Steve Hnatiuk, General Partner, Yaletown Venture Partners (Vancouver),
- Roger Jenkins, General Partner, GTI Capital (Montréal),
- Bryan Kerdman, Partner, EdgeStone Capital Partners (Toronto),
- Luc Marengère, Managing General Partner, VenGrowth Private Equity Partners (Toronto),
- Richard Meadows, Managing Director, CTI Life Sciences Fund (Montréal),
- Leo Lax, Co-founder and General Partner, Skypoint Capital (Ottawa),
- Gary Rubinoff, President and Managing Director, Summerhill Venture Partners (formely BCE Capital) (Toronto),
- Jacques Simoneau, Executive Vice-president, Investments, Business Development Bank of Canada (Montréal),
- Mark Skapinker, Managing Partner, Brightspark Capital Partners (Toronto),
- Pascal Tremblay, General Partner, Novacap (Montréal).
US members:
- Jeff Schwartz, Co-Chair of the Committee and Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures (Boston),
- Wally Hunter, Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital (Philadephia),
- Jim Fleming, Partner, Columbia Capital (Boston / Washington, DC),
- Terry McGuire, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners (Boston),
- Ted Philip, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners (Boston),
- Andreas Stavropoulos, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Menlo Park),
- Nandini Tandon, Managing Director, Lumira Capital (Mountain View, California), and
- Scott Tobin, General Partner, Battery Ventures (Boston).
International members:
- Wei Au, Chief Executive Officer, Bohai Investment Fund (Shanghai, China);
- Ettore V. Biagioni, Managing Partner, Alothon Group (São Paulo, Brasil),
- Hubert Birner, General Partner, TVM Capital (Munich, Germany),
- Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures (Zürich, Switzerland),
- Antoine Garrigues, Managing Partner, Iris Capital (Paris, France),
- Anne Glover, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Amadeus Capital Partners (London, United Kingdom),
- Eyal Kishon, Founder and Managing Partner, Genesis Partners (Herzliya Pituach, Israel),
- Roger Li, General Partner, Infotech Pacific Ventures (Shanghai and Beijing, China),
- Yoram Oron, Founder and Managing Partner, Vertex Venture Capital (Savyon, Israel),
- Roberto Saint-Malo, Managing Partner, Adara Venture Partners (Madrid, Spain),
- Tellef Thorleifsson, General Partner, Northzone Ventures (Olso, Norway),
- Thomas G. Tsao, Co-founder and partner, Gobi Partners (Shanghai, China).