• Jeffrey Deacon is focused on originating high-quality, mid-market long-term loans while overseeing all aspects of the firm’s portfolio management requirements.
• Jeffrey was formerly a Managing Director at Fiera Private Debt and Integrated Asset Management for over five years, where he was a leading originator on a team that completed transactions valued over $1 billion across various industry sectors and throughout Canada. Prior to this, Jeffrey managed a top-performing team in the GTA for Roynat Capital, earning recognition as a top-performing District Director for the merchant capital and long-term lending arm of the Bank of Nova Scotia.
• Jeffrey received a BBA in Finance from Roanoke College in Virginia where he was a member of the men’s varsity golf team.
• Jeffrey lives in Whitby, Ontario and is actively involved in the community and enjoys coaching his son’s minor hockey and baseball teams.

• Greg Dimmer is a Founder and Managing Partner at Private Debt Partners. His focus is finance and operations as well as origination and portfolio management.
• Before founding Private Debt Partners, Greg was previously a Managing Director at Fiera Private Debt and Integrated Asset Management for over eight years, where he was lead originator involved in dozens of transactions valued at $10 million to over $50 million across various industry sectors and throughout Canada, with a focus on Quebec and Alberta. Greg also spent five years in the venture debt industry, predominantly in the US, lending to technology companies. Prior to that, he spent five years leading sales at Financial Models Company (acquired by SS&C) in the Canadian technology industry focused on the financial markets, followed by a senior executive role at CBID markets, a bond trading platform focused on Canadian institutional fixed income desks.
• Greg has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto and a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc.) in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has two adult children and is an active skier and cyclist and is not a great golfer.

• Jean-Christophe Greck is a Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Private Debt Partners. His focus is portfolio management and investor relations.
• Before founding Private Debt Partners, Jean-Christophe was a Managing Director at Fiera Private Debt (and formerly Integrated Asset Management) for eleven years where he was responsible for the business development and investor relationship management across Canada. Jean-Christophe was also responsible for origination, financial analysis, due diligence, documentation, and loan portfolio management on Quebec-based investment transactions.
• Jean-Christophe holds a Master of Science (M. Sc.) – Finance from HEC Montréal. He is a CFA, CAIA, FRM and PRM charterholder.

• Sean Pisarski is a Director at Private Debt Partners and is focused on deal origination, underwriting, due diligence, and loan portfolio management.
• Before joining Private Debt Partners, Sean was a Director at Fiera Private Debt (and formerly Integrated Asset Management) where he was involved in mid-market transactions valued at approximately $100 million across a variety of sectors within Canada. Prior to joining Fiera Private Debt, Sean spent three years in global credit at RBC focused on the industrial, paper & forest products and automotive sectors. Mr. Pisarski also spent time in equity research, responsible for covering Special Situations at an independent investment bank in Toronto.
• Mr. Pisarski received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia where he was on scholarship as a member of the Varsity Baseball team. In 2016, Sean earned his CFA designation.
• Sean lives in Toronto with his fiancé and golden retriever. He is actively involved in the community with the St. Johns Ambulance Therapy Dog Program and the St. Michael’s College School Alumni Association. In his spare time, Sean enjoys playing baseball, hockey, skiing, and golf.

• Mark Riden is Private Debt Partner’s Chief Operating Officer.  His focus is overseeing the ongoing corporate and back-office operations as well as the company’s IT infrastructure, risk and data security.
• Before joining Private Debt Partners, Mark was the CFO and VP Finance and Operations at NEI Investments for over six years, where he was part of the senior management group involved in merging the fund company with Credential and QTrade to form Aviso Wealth in 2018. Mark also spent five years as CFO of Stellation Asset Management leading the operational upfront selection and continuous due diligence on their global third-party hedge fund managers. Prior to this, he spent five years as the VP Finance and CFO at Burgundy Asset Management, an independent money manager focused on Canadian high net worth families. His background also includes leading the third-party fund administration and custody business at the Royal Bank, as well as senior executive roles at Fidelity Investments Canada, Wood Gundy and Scotiabank fund operations.
• Mark is a CPA, CA and has an EMBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics and Finance from the University of Toronto.  He is married to his wife Donna, has two adult children and two golden retrievers. He is an active golfer and volunteers with the JRDF.

• Anya Rae is the Director of Finance and Operations at Private Debt Partners and leads the financial and operational affairs for both the corporate entity and the group of funds.
• Before joining Private Debt Partners in 2020, Anya was the head of finance for a market research firm as well as an international art consultancy, leading all aspects of finance, risk, compliance, and stakeholder management. Prior to this, Anya spent time in external audit, financial regulation, the banking sector, and was instrumental in the development of a private placement fine art investment fund.
• Anya is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto, and is passionate about fine arts and philanthropy benefiting cancer research. She lives in Toronto with her husband and spends her spare time either cycling or chasing two young sons.

Alyssa is an Investment Associate at Private Debt Partners and is focused on credit underwriting, due diligence, and portfolio management. She previously joined Scotiabank’s first cohort of the Commercial Accelerate Program, a leadership rotational program for new graduates. Upon program graduation, Alyssa worked at Roynat Capital, where she implemented long term financing solutions for expansions, buyouts, and wealth monetization. In 2020, she earned Roynat’s Top Individual Performance award “Best of the Best” for her performance.​
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Alyssa holds an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University. She enjoys reading and volunteering at her local humane society. She is an avid soccer player, skier, and snowboarder, and is a curator of cookie recipes.

• Meagan joined Private Debt Partners in May 2021 as an Accountant, assisting with the accounting and operational infrastructures for both the Manager and the Funds.
• She previously worked as an Accountant at a Market Research firm assisting with the monthly and yearly financials, as well as managing the cash flows for the company.
• After graduation, Meagan worked in Dakar, Senegal as a business advisor working with youth in entrepreneurship and employability.
• Meagan holds a BBA with honours in Accounting from the University of New Brunswick.

Mr. Mario Charpentier is the Founding Partner and Co-Head of the Corporate Finance Sector of BCF LLP, a leading mid-market Quebec-based law firm. Mr. Charpentier has extensive leadership experience serving as Managing Partner of BCF for 25 years, from foundation in 1995 until November 2019. As a tax practitioner, he advises clients from every industry on the legal and business strategies to adopt to best grow their business. His involvement in the start-up community has led him to Co-Head BCF Imagine, a program for innovative entrepreneurs starting their business and to sit as Chairman of BCF Ventures’ Board, a seed investment fund for high-growth technology companies. Under his management, BCF has introduced a variety of pro bono initiatives and implemented diversity and inclusion programs aimed at promoting women, cultural, and gender minorities to positions of leadership and governance throughout the organization and the larger business community. Mario has been named Notable Practitioner in Corporate and Commercial Law by Chambers and Partners Québec ranking and in 2020 he was selected to the Best Lawyers Directory in M&A Law.

Mr. Daniel Gallivan is General Counsel and Chair of Cox & Palmer’s Regional Board, focused on transactional, corporate, commercial, energy, financing, securities, and public law. Mr. Gallivan carries over 40 years of legal experience and was most notably appointed to the Queen’s Counsel in 1997. Throughout his distinguished career Mr. Gallivan has served on several Boards including: Via Rail, Bank of Canada, BrightPath Early Learning Inc., Nova Scotia Securities Commission, Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments, Halifax Industrial Commission, Greater Halifax Partnership, and High Liner Foods Incorporated. In 2019, Mr. Gallivan was recognized as one of Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers by Lexpert, and since 2006 has been consistently named to The Best Lawyers in Canada publication for his practice in the areas of Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Securities Law, M&A Law and Corporate Governance Practice.

Mr. Paul Hill is the Chairman, President and CEO of The Hill Companies and is the third generation in the Hill family to lead the organization, which operates in the areas of real estate, insurance, media, oil and gas, and manufacturing. He has chaired or served on numerous public and private boards and is actively involved in public policy through his board participation with The CD Howe Institute, The Fraser Institute, and the Business Council of Canada. Mr. Hill also serves on the advisory board of the Georgetown University Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business, The Woodrow Wilson Institute, the Richard Ivey School of Business and the University of Regina Paul J. Hill School of Business. In 2011 and 2012, Paul was awarded with honorary Doctor of Law degrees from the University of Regina and the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Hill is also a recipient of the Canada 125 Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, and was named to the Order of Canada in 2015.

Mr. Richard Kanemy has over 30 years of experience dealing with Canadian mid-market companies and entrepreneurs. During his distinguished career at Scotiabank, he led Roynat Capital’s Ontario team from 2000 to 2010, Canadian Operations from 2010 to 2015 and Scotiabank’s Central Canada Commercial Banking team from 2015 to 2020. As SVP and Head of Roynat’s Canadian Operations he was a member of Roynat’s Executive and Investment Committee.

Ms. Kristi Miller has been providing mid-market businesses with relationship-focused, strategic financing and advice for more than twenty years. As Founder and former National Managing Director of First West Capital, Ms. Miller grew the business from start-up to a national junior capital firm that funded over $250 million to more than 100 businesses.  She was recognized by EY as the Pacific Region’s 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of Business Disrupter for this work. Ms. Miller serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards and is a recipient of the Canadian Venture Capital Association’s Ted Anderson Community Leadership Award.  In a return to her entrepreneurial roots, Ms. Miller recently joined NPC Ventures, a new fund targeting companies at the early stages of commercialization in the natural products and agri-tech sector, as Managing Partner.

Dr. Par Nijhawan is a seasoned physician and entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in cross-functional roles including finance, marketing and business and drug development. Dr. Nijhawan is the Founder and CEO of Edesa Biotech. In addition, he is the Founder and Chairman of Exzell Pharma, ranked as Canada’s fastest growing company in 2019.  Dr. Nijhawan was Founder and CEO of Medical Futures Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company which he successfully sold to a public company in 2015.  He also established Digestive Health Clinic, Canada’s largest provider of private endoscopy services. Dr. Nijhawan was inducted into the CHLA BD Hall of fame in 2018 and Awarded Business Development Deal of the Year 2017. Dr. Nijhawan received his MD (University of Ottawa), Internship (Yale), Residency IM (Mayo), Fellowship GI (Mayo).