Peter-Paul has over 15 years of experience in finance, investment management and business consultancy. He's held mulitple senior management positions with global banks in the areas of corporate strategy, commercial and investment banking. Peter-Paul has also held management consultancy roles in Europe. While Peter-Paul enjoyed a successful career in international banking, he decided to embark on the entrepreneurial path. His career move coincided with he and his family jumping the pond and landing in Canada. Upon relocation to Canada in 2010, Peter-Paul worked as consultant for several early stage and growth companies. In that period he experienced the challenges that young companies face in attracting capital and realized how the venture financing space was essentially not using any of today's available technology. In 2013 Peter-Paul founded FrontFundr to address this challenge and take on the opportunity to create the New Capital Market. He also serves as a director on the National Board of the Private Capital Markets Association in Canada. Peter-Paul holds a Master of Science in business economics and finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

Sean Burke has over five years of professional service experience working at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in corporate tax and audit. He was relocated to New York, where he advised several of the worlds largest banks in the banking and capital markets sector. In 2013, he was named the Chartered Accountants Most Exemplary Young Professional, an award given to one CA in Western Canada annually. In 2012, he was awarded the PwC National CEO Award, the highest honour for PwC Canada employees. Sean is active in his community and serves on multiple boards in Vancouver. Most notably, he is on the SFU Board of Governors Responsible Investment Committee, the SFU Alumni Association and he serves as a board member for the Whisky Wisemen not-for-profit organization.

Jill Earthy is an entrepreneurially-minded leader with a passion for supporting entrepreneurship. After completing her MBA, she successfully built two companies, grew them nationally and then sold them. For the past 8 years she has led two non-profit organizations focused on supporting entrepreneurs through the provision of financing, mentorship and education. As a community leader and active mentor, Jill serves on the Board of Governors for Simon Fraser University and the Board of the Women's Enterprise Centre, and is Co-Chair of the WEB Alliance, a collective of over 25 women's business networks. She has been recognized as a BIV Top 40 under 40 (2010), Top 100 by The International Alliance for Women (2011), as a finalist for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, and recently as one of University of Victoria's 25 Alumni to Watch.

Previous to embarking on a career in the securities industry, Anthony spent many years as a content creator, sound designer, administrator, post production supervisor and entrepreneur in the film and television industry. Prior to joining Frontfundr, Anthony worked as a Research and Due Diligence analyst with BlackOre Research, providing insight into both public and private securities. He brings to Frontfundr extensive experience conducting due diligence within the exempt market and has a passion for helping start-up companies reach their goals. Additionally, Anthony oversees compliance managerial duties for Frontfundr, assisting new companies with onboarding materials and regulatory oversight. Anthony holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the University of British Columbia and has completed the CSC.

Miika is an analyst with over a decade of experience in investment screening, analysis, selection, and corporate finance. He has actively advised clients in structuring offerings to efficiently access capital while maintaining regulatory compliance. Miika honed his due diligence expertise while working on corporate finance and became one of the founding members of BlackOre Research, where his focus area was in providing corporate strategic counsel to clients. Miika also works for an exempt market dealer where he serves as the Chief Compliance Officer. Miika holds an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University and is a CFA charter holder. Miika is a former co-chair of CFA Vancouver programs.

Aaron is a graduate of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, where he specialized in entrepreneurship. This concentration paved the way for his passion working with start-ups. Prior to joining FrontFundr, Aaron was introduced to venture capital and private equity through his work with GreenAngel Energy at the Globe2014 event in Vancouver. Aaron then continued his exploration of the investment industry by joining Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management as a marketing and business development assistant. In addition to holding a Bachelor of Commerce, Aaron has completed the Canadian Securities and Exempt Market Products Courses.

Stephen is currently finishing a Bachelor of Business Administration at BCIT with a focus in Marketing and Sales. Throughout his time at BCIT, he has created a foundation for his business acumen. Prior to FrontFundr, Stephen worked as an Account Manager at Ricoh Canada, where he developed a passion for problem solving while working with small to mid-sized companies. During his time at Ricoh, Stephen learnt to manage client relationships and actively prospect new business. Stephen was first introduced to entrepreneurship in 2010, while working as a Marketing Intern at Native Shoes during their growth to international success, and his interest in the start-up space has continued to grow.

Experience at Silicon Valley and Amsterdam-based startups fuelled Jasper’s passion for fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship. This ultimately led to his pursuit of a Master’s in Entrepreneurship at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prior to joining Frontfundr, Jasper completed projects at a Dutch banking and financial services company (Rabobank) and a Swedish private equity group (EQT Partners), both of which sparked a particular interest in the financial aspect of fostering and facilitating entrepreneurship.

Combining a bachelor in a school of business and development and a master's degree in environment, Blandine draws on these complementaries experiences to work today at FrontFundr. Convinced that the human being is at the heart of everything, she wants to offer a warm and dynamic face to companies and investors who believe in FrontFundr values. If you want to meet her, welcome in Montreal!

Jaime McNally's passion for private business motivated her professional service experience working at Big 4 accounting firms, including both Deloitte and Ernst & Young. Jaime has experience in Assurance, Corporate and Personal Taxation, and Transactions Advisory. Jaime has earned a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan. In addition, Jaime has completed the Chartered Professional Accounting program and is pursuing the Chartered Business Valuator Designation. Jaime's passion and motivation for providing tangible future value for private businesses and entrepreneurs enticed her to joining FrontFundr.

Laurence is FrontFundr's campaign manager who oversees FrontFundr's client relationship with all of our entrepreneurs and supports them in executing their campaign strategies. She comes to FrontFundr after her experiences with impak Finance's equity crowdfunding campaign and has a background in working in variety of successful campaigns. Laurence is based in Montreal.

Gary is a graduate of the Marketing Management - Entrepreneurship Program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. At BCIT, Gary has had the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills including creating and launching strategic marketing campaigns and conducting extensive industry research to formulate growth plans for businesses. Now enrolled at SFU, Gary is working towards earning his BBA with a concentration in Finance. Being an pro-active individual, Gary sees the fintech industry as a major driver for change in the way consumers and businesses manage their money.

Quan has 16 years' experience with diversified IT in the commercial enterprise software, non-profit research and provincial healthcare sectors. Quan has comprehensive software development lifecycle experience ranging from business analysis, requirements documentation, software architecting and design, coding, quality assurance, implementation, training and support. Prior to his current role, he was the Development Manager and Architect for a web based provincial occupational health and safety surveillance and data warehousing solution. Quan's focus is on researching and adopting technologies to implement rapid application development of responsive and scalable software solutions.

Passionate about coding and applying modern web technologies for impactful services, Vic handles the client side web development and bridges the techy back-end functionalities and our friendly platform interface. Vic values education, collaboration, diversity, and forward vision -- the cornerstone pieces of the FrontFundr team.

Carly has five years of brand development experience, working with clients at both local and national levels. In 2014/15, Carly was the recipient of several awards from the BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association, recognizing her work in ad campaign design. Carly is passionate about helping small businesses tell their story through innovative and modern design. Her specialities include logo design and branding, development of digital and print marketing collateral, and user experience design. Carly holds a Bachelor of Communications from Simon Fraser University and an Associate Certificate in Graphic Design from BCIT.

Mr. Scarth has been involved in the launch and development of several companies, including Snowy Owl AdVentures Inc., Silver Maple Ventures Inc., Photochannel Networks and Telepix Imaging Inc., a leading supplier of Internet imaging and e-commerce solutions. Prior to launching Telepix, Mr. Scarth worked for the Kodak Canada Company for 27 years in both the US and Canada, running various divisions of the company including as Vice President of the Motion Picture division and as Vice President of Consumer and Professional Imaging. He is also a Director of Network Entertainment Inc. Mr. Scarth holds Chemical Engineering and Chemistry/Mathematics degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Lauren has had a successful career as a senior executive and director in both the business and public sectors. She has had leadership roles with responsibility for business strategy, policy development, stakeholder relations and corporate governance, as well as human resource development and currently consults and finances private entities. Lauren has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary; and has served as co-head of mission for the Government of Canada overseas during the International Expo 2000 held in Germany. Lauren was an elected member of her professional association in Alberta and a national member of a board formed through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to enhance economic partnerships with China. She has also served as a director for publicly-traded and other commercial company boards as well as non-profit and charitable boards including the Calgary Region Arts Foundation, the Calgary Heritage Advisory Board, the LEAF Endowment, the United Way and most recently, IMPACT BC.