Team

Duncan Adams is a Partner and Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Duncan is currently Chair of the Board of Phoenix Fence and is a member of the Board of MaxAssist, Alta West Capital, and Spence Diamonds. Duncan formerly served on the Boards of PRT Growing Services, Trimlite Manufacturing ...

Austin Andrusiak serves as an Associate in TriWest’s investment group. Austin is a member of the investment teams for The Fastener Group, MaxAssist, Kayden Industries, and Prostar Energy/Morpheus Energy Services, and Source Energy Services. He brings experience from Scotiabank Global Banking and...

Jeff Belford is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Jeff is Chair of the Board of Lithion Power Group and Prostar Energy Services, is a member of the Board of Source Energy Services and Coast Appliances, and was formerly on the Boards of 10 of our divested Portfolio Co...

Dave Connolly is a Partner and Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Dave is currently Chair of the Board for Outdoor Adventure Group and is a member of the Board of The Fastener Group, Coast Appliances, Strike Group, Kayden Industries, Broda Group and Fraser River Pile and Dredge (FRPD). ...

Chad Danard is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Chad is currently Chair of the Board of The Fastener Group, Alta West Capital, Supreme International and Bull Moose Capital, he is a member of the Board of Outdoor Adventure Group and MaxAssist, and he formerly served ...

Dino DeLuca is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of TriWest Capital Partners. As COO, Dino is responsible for a wide variety of areas within TriWest, including finance, investor reporting and relations, governance and administration, as well as supporting the investment team and our portfolio com...

Katlyn Fix is a Controller in the finance group at TriWest. Before joining the firm, she worked as an accountant at MNP LLP, providing assurance and tax services. Katlyn earned her Chartered Accountant (CA) designation in 2014 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with distinction from the Unive...

Ryan Giles is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Ryan is currently the Board Chair for Spence Diamonds and Coast Appliances and is on the Board of Phoenix Fence, Strike Group, Broda Group and Colter Energy. Ryan was formerly Chair of the Board for PRT Growing Services...

Patrick Gobran is a Senior Associate on the investment team at TriWest. Patrick serves on the board of Spence Diamonds and is a member of the investment teams for Colter Energy, Bull Moose Capital, Coast Appliances, Outdoor Adventure Group, Phoenix Fence, and Alta West Capital. Before joining the ...

Nicole Ireland is an Accountant in the finance group at TriWest. Before joining the firm, she worked as a General Accountant at Walton Global Investments Ltd., where she was part of the corporate accounting team. Nicole holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Haskayne School of Business at th...

Ron Jackson co-founded TriWest in 1998, bringing with him over 25 years of experience in senior management with Burns Foods. He served as President of Burns Foods for the 10 years prior to founding TriWest, during which period the company expanded to generate over $1 billion in sales annually. Ron...

Lorne Jacobson co-founded TriWest in 1998 and, as Vice Chairman, contributes a wealth of knowledge in the areas of corporate development and law. From 1994 to 1998 he served as Vice President, Corporate Development and General Counsel of Burns Foods Limited. He was responsible for a variety of corpor...

Morgan Kalansky joined TriWest in July 2023 as Executive Assistant to Mick MacBean, Dave Connolly, and Logan Miller. She brings more than 15 years of experience in the investment banking and wealth management sectors, with a strong background in senior administrative support and operations management...

Ana Laguna is an Accountant in the finance group at TriWest. Before joining the firm, she had worked in private wealth, telecommunications, oil & gas services, professional services, and the automotive sector. Her areas of expertise include full-cycle accounting, investment schedules, management ...

Mick MacBean is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Mick is Chair of the Board of MaxAssist, Strike Group, Broda Construction, and Kayden Environmental Services and is a member of the Board of Monarch Industries, Peloton Computer Enterprises, Prostar Energy and Colter ...

Yuliia Makarova joined TriWest in 2023 as a Receptionist / Administrative Assistant. She supports Senior Managing Directors, a Managing Director and the Associate team. Yuliia is a highly skilled Project Assistant with experience at GFA Consulting  Group Gmbh, where she successfully led communicatio...

Logan Miller is a Vice President in the investment group. Logan serves on the boards of Phoenix Fence, Outdoor Adventure Group, and Kayden Industries and is a member of the investment teams of MaxAssist, Peloton Computer Enterprises, and Morpheus Energy Services. Logan formerly served on the board of...

Allie Moran is a Senior Associate on the investment team at TriWest. Allie serves on the board of The Fastener Group and is a member of the investment teams of Fraser River Pile and Dredge (FRPD), Broda Construction, Prostar Energy Services, A Parent Media Company (APMC), and Monarch Industries. P...

Norm Rokosh is a Partner and Senior Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Norm is Chair of the Board of Fraser River Pile and Dredge (FRPD) and was formerly on the Boards of 10 of our divested Portfolio Companies. Prior to joining TriWest, Norm was President/CEO of several publicly traded...

Sydney Ross is the Manager of Tax & Compliance within the finance group at TriWest. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Manager on the Speciality Tax team at MNP LLP, where she provided tax compliance and planning services. Sydney holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with distinction from MacE...

Akash Sekar is an Associate on the investment team at TriWest. Akash is a member of the investment teams of Strike Energy, Coast Appliances, Peloton Computer Enterprises, Lithion Power Group, Supreme International and Spence Diamonds. Prior to joining the firm, he worked as an Investment Banking A...

Jon Spencer is a Partner and Managing Director of TriWest Capital Partners. Jon is currently Chair of the Board for Monarch Industries and is a member of the Board of A Parent Media Company (APMC), Supreme International, Lithion Power Group, Bull Moose Capital, and Prostar Energy Services. Prior t...

Mike Stone is a Vice President on the investment team at TriWest. Mike serves on the boards of Lithion Power Group, Supreme International, Monarch Industries, and Alta West Capital and is a member of the investment teams of Strike Group, and A Parent Media Company (APMC). Prior to joining the firm...

Phyllicia Thornhill joined TriWest in 2022 and is an Accounting Supervisor on the finance team. Prior to joining TriWest, Phyllicia was a Manager at MNP LLP, where she provided assurance, accounting and tax services. Phyllicia has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with distinction) from MacEwan Unive...

John Watkins joined TriWest in 2011 and is a Senior Vice President in the finance group. Prior to joining TriWest, John was a Manager at MNP LLP where he provided assurance, tax and advisory services. John received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and has earned his Cer...

Katie Webber serves as Executive Assistant to the COO, Senior Managing Directors, Managing Directors, and Vice Presidents at TriWest. She is also a key member of the Investor Relations team and manages the day-to-day operations as Office Manager. Before joining TriWest, Katie gained diverse experi...