In 2025, 50 students participated in the first-ever session of VentureLift: 25 for VentureLift Business Program, and 25 for our younger-students-oriented program VentureLift FutureMe.

These students from across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland took part in a 5-day program (3 days for FutureMe), learning from key business leaders in finance, accounting, and consulting. The VenutreLift lineup is as follows.

Mr. Geoff McKay CA — Keynote Speaker

Founding Partner, Weathervane; Managing Director, CPP; Partner, Forstmann Little & Co.; Associate, Goldman Sachs; Wharton MBA

Ms. Kathy Butler

Vice Chair and Head of Capital Markets (BC) CIBC; Rotman School of Management

Dr. Darren Dahl

Dean of Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Mr. Ryan Beach

Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers; CPA; UBC Sauder School

Mr. Matthew Lau

CPA, Corporate Controller, Artemis Gold Corp

Mr. Spencer Chan

Manager Chan & Co.; Manager, Delotte; CPA; Western Ivey HBA

Mr. Alykhan Sunderji

LLP, Sunder Legal; CMO

Dr. David Hannah

Beedie Professor of Business, Management Consulting, Simon Fraser University

Mr. Benny Pulver

Associate Vice President Corporate Finance Inc., KPMG

Mr. Mike McIsaac

National Managing Director Corporate Finance, Baker Tilley Capital; CPA

Mr. Cameron Hui

Founder & Managing Partner, Ichthus Capital Partners

Mr. Benny Pulver

Associate Vice President, Corporate Finance Inc., KPMG

Mr. Alroy Chan

VP M&A, Westland Insurance Corp.; Director, PwC; Manager, Deloite; UBC Sauder School

Dr. Ian McCarthy

Beedie Professor of Innovation and Operations Management, Simon Fraser University

Mr. Benjamin Hagwood

Communications, Debate, Vancouver Debate Academy