Alan MacKenzie

CEO, JLL Canada

Alan is responsible for developing JLL Canada's business strategy, driving revenue, delivering best-in-class service to clients, and partnering with the company's business in the Americas and globally. Based in Toronto, he leads the business and its adoption of new technologies across Canada. Before joining JLL in September 2019, Alan was President at Triovest Realty Advisors, a real estate advisory and investment firm with over $10 billion in assets under management. Alan's career spans over 30 years assuming the roles of broker, investor, asset owner and company founder. His experience in commercial real estate includes capital markets, development, value enhancement, leasing, asset management and joint ventures. @JLLCanada

Dr. Aled ab Iorwerth

Deputy Chief Economist
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation

Aled is the deputy chief economist at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. He has been at CMHC since 2016 where he has led multiple projects looking at the housing market. The 2018 report he led changed the direction of housing policy to renew emphasis on housing supply. He has held a range of research positions in economics in the federal government, including the Department of Finance. Aled holds a PhD in economics from Western University and leadership training from the Said Business School at Oxford University.

Aled was a guest speaker at our conference last year:  The State of The Housing System - Video with Aled ab lowerth.

Anthony Scilipoti

President and CEO
The Veritas Group

Anthony and his partners founded Veritas Investment Research in 2000. He is a Fellow Chartered Public Accountant, a Fellow Chartered Accountant, a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois) and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a licenced portfolio manager. Anthony also has served as a member of the Ontario Securities Commission's Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee since 2006. In 2019, Anthony was appointed to the Board of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board and is currently Chair of the Committee. @ASclipoti

See Anthony's introduction to last year's conference:  Welcome - A Year In Review - Video with Anthony Scilipoti.

April Fong

Executive Editor, The Logic

April Fong is Executive Editor of The Logic, Canada's business and tech newsroom, where she is leading an expansion of its business coverage into finance, M&A, corporate law and C-suite decision-making. She will also be chairing The Logic's new editorial board. April was previously Senior Digital Producer at BNN Bloomberg, where she oversaw the editorial content of its digital platforms. Prior to that, she was a digital producer at the Financial Post and an editor at China Economic Review in Shanghai. April is passionate about business journalism and has taught Business Reporting at her alma mater, Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication.  @aprilfong

Caryl Newbery-Mitchell

Senior Vice-President, MNP Ltd.

Caryl Newbery-Mitchell, MBA, CIRP, LIT, is a Senior Vice-President in MNP’s Consumer Insolvency practice. She helps individuals, professionals and owners of small businesses find solutions to their financial problems so they can make a fresh start and rebuild their lives. She works out of a number of MNP offices, serving clients throughout the greater Toronto area. Having focused on corporate recovery for some time, Caryl has experience with formal and informal insolvency proceedings in a variety of industries, including construction, real estate, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and retail. Her previous experience in commercial lending at one of Canada's Big Five banks provides her with a unique perspective when providing advice to those in financial distress and to secured lenders analyzing their options for nonperforming loans.

Christopher Smith

Vice President, EllisDon Developments

Christopher Smith is the VP of EllisDon Developments, which is part of EllisDon's Capital Group. EllisDon's Capital group is the development and investment arm of EllisDon, equipped to provide any financial solutions. This group leads multi-disciplinary design, construction, operations, and maintenance teams to pursue complex projects that require private financing and investment. Capital is a leading developer, operator, and investor in P3 projects for public infrastructure projects and private asset delivery, and is regarded as one of North America's most successful and experienced construction capital groups.

Daniel Foch

Director of Economic Research
RARE Real Estate Inc.

Daniel Foch is a real estate broker, working in the real estate industry for over 15 years with a variety of notable organizations such as Interrent REIT, CBRE, and Hydro One. As one of Toronto's most influential Real Estate Brokers, with a captive audience of 100,000 real estate investors across multiple social media platforms, Foch brings his trusted expertise in primary research and market analysis for the collaborative success of the brokerage, agents and clients. During his academic career, Daniel was an active instructor, contributor and researcher in the University of Guelph's Real Estate Faculty, founder of The University's International URECC event, and was awarded for affordable housing innovation by CMHC & The University of Guelph during his tenure at the university. @daniel_foc

Dan was on a panel at last year's conference: Real Estate Agent Panel - Pressure Points - Video with Daniel Foch, John Pasalis and Jordon Scrinko.

David Larock

Mortgage Broker 
Integrated Mortgage Planners

David Larock is a mortgage broker with Integrated Mortgage Planners. He has worked in the mortgage industry for almost 25 years. David started his career on the lending side, where he progressed from senior management to an executive role. He then moved to brokering and has been a top producer at his company for the past 15 years. David is also an avid mortgage blogger whose posts are widely circulated, and he is regularly quoted in the national media. @Dave_at_IMP

Jeffrey Berger

Managing Director
TDB Advisory

As a Managing Director of TDB Advisory, Jeff provides corporate insolvency, restructuring, and estate trustee services and is a trusted advisor to various stakeholders. As part of his commitment to delivering exceptional results, Jeff utilizes pragmatic and effective solutions to address his clients' challenges.
Jeff has extensive experience advising stakeholders in many industries, including real estate, manufacturing & distribution, leasing, and retail.
Jeff is currently serving as a Director on the Board of the Ontario Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals. 

Joe Berridge

Partner
Urban Strategies Inc.

Joe is an urban planner and city builder who has had an integral role in complex urban planning and regeneration projects in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Asia. He has been a strategic advisor for the development of the city centres of Manchester, Belfast and Cardiff and for the waterfronts of Toronto, Singapore, Sydney, Cork, London and Governors Island in New York City. He has prepared university campus master plans and is now planning the new hub for Toronto Pearson International Airport. His book ‘Perfect City’ was published by Sutherland House in April 2019.  @joe_berridge

Joe was on a panel at our conference in 2022:  The Future City: Live, Work & Play.

John Pasalis

President and Broker of Realosophy Realty Inc.

John is the President of Realosophy, a Toronto real estate brokerage that uses data analysis to advise residential real estate buyers, sellers and investors. A frequent commentator on the Toronto housing market and real estate consumer and industry issues, John has contributed to The Globe and Mail, BNN Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other media, government and industry organizations. His research has been shared with the IMF and Statistics Canada and cited by the Bank of Canada and CMHC. @JohnPasalis

John was on a panel at last year's conference:  Real Estate Agent Panel - Pressure Points - Video with Daniel Foch, John Pasalis and Jordon Scrinko.

Dr. Murtaza Haider

Professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Toronto Metropolitan University

Murtaza Haider is the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and a full professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management. Professor Haider's research interests encompass business analytics, data science, housing market dynamics, transportation, infrastructure, urban planning, and human development in Canada and South Asia. He is also the author of Getting Started with Data Science: Making Sense of Data with Analytics 2016, co-publishing by IBM Press and Pearson. He has collaborated with IBM to develop and offer courses in data science on Coursers and CognitiveClass.ai. Over a million learners have attended his "Intro to Data Science course worldwide. Professor Haider is also a syndicated columnist with Post Media.  @regionomics

Natalka Falcomer

Chief Real Estate Officer, Houseful (formerly OJO Canada), an RBC Company

Natalka Falcomer is the Chief Real Estate Officer at Houseful. She is firmly established in the real estate industry with experience in law, sales, corporate development and management. Prior to joining Houseful, she played a key role in building a luxury brokerage, as well as a private equity firm in the medical office space. She also launched and then sold her own law firm. Due to her innovation in the legal field and volunteer work as the founder and host of the popular Rogers TV show, "Toronto Speaks Legal Advice", Natalka has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Elite Women in Real Estate by Real Estate Professional.

Natalka was a moderator at our conference in 2022: The Future City: Live, Work & Play.

Nigel D'Souza

Senior Analyst Financial Services
Veritas Investment Research

Nigel is a Senior Investment Analyst in Financial Services, following Canadian banks and insurance companies. He joined Veritas in 2016. Refinitiv StarMine ranked him #2 for earnings estimate accuracy for Banks in 2020. He was also ranked sixth overall for stock picking across all industries and analysts by StarMine in 2019, and #1 for the Banks that year. Prior to joining Veritas, Nigel operated a training program for professionals, providing coursework on financial modeling and how to conduct equity research. He also worked at State Street as an associate in Alternative Investment Solutions.

Nigel spoke at our conference last year: On The Precipice - Video with Nigel D'Souza.

Ron Butler

Mortgage Broker
Butler Mortgage Inc.

Ron is a veteran mortgage broker. In his multi‐decade career, he has been involved in every facet of the broker channel, from private lending to online rate discounting. His eponymous brokerage, Butler Mortgage Inc., is a family business founded with his sons. With mortgage origination volumes of $1 billion per year for several years and after reviewing tens of thousands of mortgage applications, Ron’s perspective on industry trends and developments is second to none. @ronmortgageguy

Ron was on a panel at our conference last year: Mortgage Panel: Dealing with the Strain - Video with Amber Kanwar, Elisseos lriotakis, Frances Hinojosa and Ron Butler.

Scott Gordon

Head of Asset Management, North America, Real Estate Equity,     Manulife Investment Management

Scott oversees the firm’s real estate investment assets within Canada and the United States across office, industrial, multifamily, and retail properties – a portfolio totaling approximately 60 million square feet. He is responsible for enhancing portfolio performance through accretive asset management, as well as helping to lead due diligence of new markets as the firm continues to broaden its real estate platform across North America. Previously, he was head of Canadian real estate asset management. Prior to joining the firm, Scott was the executive director of Canadian investments at Starlight Investments, responsible for the execution of all acquisitions, dispositions, and financing of multifamily assets within Canada. Scott spent the first 10 years of his career at Brookfield Asset Management. 

Scott Terrio

Manager, Consumer Insolvency at Hoyes Michalos

In his fourteen years in the insolvency industry, Scott has met with and filed over 8,000 clients, primarily consumers. He brings his previous background in sales, marketing and business development to making clients feel as comfortable as possible in guidance through various options and tactics, and in trusting advice and solutions under difficult circumstances. He is a frequent media commentator and is a regular on the Hoyes Michalos Debt Free in 30 podcasts. He also runs a newsletter: Debits and Credits: From the Front Line of Consumer Insolvency.

Scott presented at our conference in 2022: Post-Covid & The Canadian Consumer - Video with Scott Terrio and was a guest on our Fact Finders last year: Episode 114: Consumer Insolvency Update.

Shalabh Garg

Investment Analyst REITs & Financial Services
Veritas Investment Research

Shalabh is primarily responsible for covering the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector. Before covering REITs, Shalabh supported the Financial Services analyst as a Research Associate between November 2019 and July 2022 and helped expand the coverage for banks and insurers. Before joining Veritas in 2019, he worked at Nomura Services and was responsible for business analysis of projects related to the front-office trading desk.

Shalabh spoke at our conference last year: REITs - Beating the Squeeze - Video with Shalabh Garg.

Steve Saretsky

Real Estate Specialist at Saretsky Group

Steve Saretsky is a Vancouver Realtor and media personality. Steve is widely considered a thought leader in the industry with regular appearances on mainstream media and widely followed on social media. Steve's Real Estate business, The Saretsky Group, is consistently amongst the top 1% of Realtors for total transactions across Greater Vancouver while also providing advisory services to financial institutions and policymakers.  @SteveSaretsky

Steve was a member of a panel at our 2022 conference: Real Estate Agent Panel: From the Front Lines - Video.

Vlad Volodarski

CEO, Chartwell Retirement Residences

Appointed Chartwell’s Chief Executive Officer effective March 16, 2020, Vlad has held progressive roles within Chartwell since 2003, when he joined the company as Vice President Finance. In 2005, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer and in 2011 he also assumed the duties of Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Chartwell, Vlad was a Senior Manager with KPMG LLP, serving clients in Real Estate, Construction, and the Seniors Housing sectors. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer in Ukraine, Vlad is a Certified Public Accountant (CA), holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. @ChartwellRR