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 Futureme at VentureLift.

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. 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