Canadian Venture Capital Activity: An Analysis of Trends and Gaps (1996–2002)

Appendix F: Industry Portfolio Working Group on Venture Capital

Industry Portfolio Participants

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)

Ray Gallant
Director, Programs
(506) 851-3806
rgallant@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

Jean-Guy Poirier
Manager, Business Development Program
(506) 851-3772
jpoirier@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

Denis Lanteigne
Innovation and Development Officer
(506) 851-3095
dlanteig@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)

Michel Ré
Senior Vice-President, Emerging Markets
(514) 283-8030
michel.re@bdc.ca

Canada Economic Development for the Regions of Quebec (CED)

Lise Moras
Manager, Interregional Intervention and Partnership
(514) 283-8866
lise.moras@dec-ced.gc.ca

Louise Martineau
Principal Advisor, Canada Economic Development, Bas Saint-Laurent
(418) 722-3291
louise.martineau@dec-ced.gc.ca

Federal Economic Development Initiative in Northern Ontario (FedNor)

Sharon Taylor
Manager, FedNor
705-941-2083
sharon.taylor@ic.gc.ca

Genome Canada

Marc Lepage
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development
(613) 751-4460
mlepage@genomecanada.ca

National Research Council (NRC)

Keira Torkko
Advisor, New Ventures
(613) 993-47339
Keira.torkko@nrc.ca

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

Janet Walden
Director General, Research Partnerships Programs Directorate
(613) 996-1545
janet.walden@nserc.ca

Western Economic Diversification (WD)

Brant Popp
Director, Policy
(780) 495-6549
brant.popp@wd.gc.ca

Ron Sellen
Manager, Program Development and Strategic Services
(204) 983-8665
ron.sellen@wd.gc.ca

Industry Canada Participants

Industry Portfolio Office

Bill Cleevely
Executive Director

Dawn Lumley-Myllari
Senior Policy Analyst

Elaine Cooke
Senior Industry Portfolio Advisor

Information and Communication Technologies Branch

Michel Bélanger
613-954-4881
miche.belanger@ic.gc.ca

Life Sciences Branch, Industry Canada

Robert Main
Senior Director
613-946-6726
robert.main@ic.gc.ca

Neil MacIntosh
Senior Policy Advisor, Innovation Team
613-954-3124
neil.macintosh@ic.gc.ca

Ontario Region, Planning, Analysis and External Relations

Henry Lotin
416-952-9259
henry.lotin@ic.gc.ca

Small Business Policy Branch

John Connell
Director General
613-954-5489
john.connel@ic.gc.ca

Peter Webber
Director, Small Business Financing Policy

Christine Soucy
Economist, Financing Division

Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)

Bernardo Li
Policy Analyst