Trusted mental health partners

Tyler is the Founding Director and CEO of BioEquity Holdings Inc., a network of mental health services companies. With a strategic vision of making mental health services accessible to all Canadians, Tyler leads BioEquity Holdings towards achieving its long-term goals.

Tyler began his career in the healthcare field by establishing his own business development, marketing, and consulting agency. Through his leadership, he successfully managed, marketed, and operated multi-seven-figure companies in collaboration with healthcare entrepreneurs, including psychotherapists and personal trainers. Before founding his healthcare consortium, Tyler gained valuable experience developing businesses through their various sales channels, where he honed essential executive skills such as dealmaking, selling, and negotiating.

Tyler has built an extensive international network of relationships with financial lenders and investors across four continents. His connections span between major and minor banks, credit unions, private equity firms, family offices, and many more.

Tyler's academic background includes studies in ethics and law at Georgian College, leading to his OMVIC certification. He further built his business and investment acumen by studying business, investment management and corporate finance through the University of Pennsylvania, Athabasca University and the Canadian Securities Institute. To continuously enhance his expertise and contribute to the healthcare industry, Tyler is an accredited associate member of the Canadian College of Health Leaders, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the Ontario Public Health Association. He is also an esteemed and charitable member of the Rotary Club of Toronto.

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Dr. Andrew L. Smith MD FRCPC is an early-career academic psychiatrist at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, and a Clinician Investigator in the Neuroscience Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). He has a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Certificate of Specialization in Business Applications of AI in Healthcare from Harvard School of Public Health. 

Over his 3-year term as Medical Director of Inpatient Mental Health at TOH General Campus, Dr. Smith’s focus on team building, culture change, and efficient care delivery resulted in the hiring and retention of 5 internationally trained psychiatrists during the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the successful orientation of academic psychiatrists from Italy, Russia, USA, France, and the UK to the Canadian medical system. As Medical Director, Dr. Smith oversaw a 35% reduction in median length of stay and spearheaded an interdisciplinary TOH Quality Initiative resulting in the elimination of an estimated 253 hours of physician administrative time per year.  

Since 2022, Dr. Smith has served on the board of directors of the Ottawa Hospital Physician’s Association (OHPA) and The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization (TOHAMO) and sits on Faculty Council for the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He has peer-reviewed publications in the areas of olfactory learning, novel psychoactive substances, and artificial intelligence, and has ongoing entrepreneurial and research collaborations in several areas. 

Dr. Smith’s clinical work has thus far focused primarily on general acute care psychiatry, with occasional as-needed coverage in Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES), outpatient mental health, and consultation liaison psychiatry. Having done private psychiatric assessments of various levels of complexity for WSIB’s Ontario Workers Network, Veteran’s Affairs Canada, Health Canada, and the RCMP, Dr. Smith is a sought-after independent medical examiner. 

A skilled clinical teacher and orator, Dr. Smith regularly supervises a team of postgraduate trainees and medical students. He is a member of the Society for Medical Decision Making and the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. 

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Anthony is currently the CEO of Ascend Aesthetic Partners, an alliance of plastic surgery clinics and medspas throughout the United States overseeing the business aspects of practices, empowering doctors to deliver first-rate patient care and providing them with professional development, marketing, administrative services, and HR support for growth.

Prior to Ascend, Anthony led Canadian Orthodontic Partners as the CEO and tripled the company’s EBITDA (now 8 figures), expanded the number of practices in the group from 28 to approximately 50, and increased total number of employees from 200 to almost 450 and active patients from 7,000+ to ≈24,000 (all within one year).

Prior to being with Canadian Orthodontic Partners, Anthony was the Chief Operating Officer of CBI Health Group, the largest provider of integrated community healthcare services and outpatient rehabilitation in Canada with over 300 locations and 13,000 team members. Anthony led the post-acquisition integration of We Care Health Services and 4,400 healthcare professionals into CBI Health Group, doubling the workforce while growing combined EBITDA margin by 25%+ in 24 months and maintaining double digit revenue growth.

On top of that, Anthony grew revenues by 52% from $250M to $380M in just over four years to deliver 58% of the Group’s total revenues and led 7 acquisitions that augmented topline revenue growth by approximately $43M. Anthony became a part of CBI Health Group when he was President & CEO of We Care Health Services LP, Canada’s largest independently owned home health services provider which was acquired by CBI. Anthony was responsible for growing revenues from $35M to $130M in three years ($180M withfranchise revenue).

Scott has extensive experience working with many types of private, publicly traded and government organizations. He has worked with boards, CEOs, executives, politicians, and technologists. Scott has held a number of senior roles including managing partner, national director of technology consulting for a national consulting firm, board chair, board member, chief information officer, chief of informatics, chief operating officer, as well as other managerial and technical positions.

Scott also holds several certifications in human resources, as well as a number of technical certifications. As part of MNP’s leadership team, Scott was intimately involved with over 100+ mergers and acquisitions, leading several himself. He continues to advise other firms on M&A strategy through his current Board and advisory roles. Scott has successful started and sold a number of companies to date, included an electronics firm, a medical software firm, a software development company, and a consulting company.

Scott continues to advise startups through his role as an advisor and mentor to several schools of business at Universities in Canada.

Timothy is an experienced Ottawa lawyer with over 30 years of experience, Tim McCunn is member of the Business Law Group at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall. Tim’s practice is focused oncorporate/commercial and securities law with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance for the technology and life science sectors.

Prior to Perley-Robertson, Tim was the Interim Vice President of Brookfield Renewable Energy Group, a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP for 19 years and an associate at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP for 6 years. Tim’s practice is focused on corporate/commercial and securities law with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance for the technology and life sciences sectors. He has advised on over 500 transactions involving the financing of both technology and biotechnology companies across Canada acting as counsel to issuers and venture capital funds. In addition, he has advised on initial public offerings, capital pool corporations, reverse take-overs, take-overs, purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, licensing/co-development and distribution arrangements as well as complex commercial agreements.

Representative transactions include: the privatization of a large crown corporation, the negotiation of a $275 million phased acquisition of a technology company, the formation and merger of venture capital funds; initial public offerings of Milky way Networks, C-Com Satellite Systems, Neuromedix, Saxon Financial Inc., Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund Inc., Canadian Science and Technology Fund Inc., Annidis Corporation, Aztech Corporation, Magor Corporation, Percy Street Capital, Mercal and numerous share and asset sales, financings and private and public placements.

Mujir is a partner at Abrahams LLP and heads our Business Law Group, which includes all transactional, commercial, regulatory, and governmental practices within the firm. Mujir’s practice focuses on corporate & securities law, with his work having resulted in both recognition as a “Top 40 Under 40” professional (by Top 100 Magazine) as well numerous invitations to speak and teach at various professional development courses.

Mujir represents clients on everything from going-public transactions (i.e. initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, qualifying transactions), governance and compliance matters (on-going disclosure and dealing with securities commissions and stock exchanges) to venture capital financings and public company mergers & acquisitions. He also routinely leads the set-up of private equity, real estate and mortgage investment entities (including limited partnerships and mortgage investment corporations).On a personal note, Mujir serves on various boards including as acting chair of a listed-public company and as director of a community-enrichment-focused not-for-profit.

He is a graduate of Queen’s University, where he earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) and a Masters (LL.M.) in Corporate Law &Securities along with a number of academic awards.

David has advised and participated in transactions totaling +US$650 million in the Franchise, Private Wealth, Venture, Private Equity, and M&A universe. Prior to founding Xavier Capital, Mr. McLean was Vice President of DFS Private Wealth/Mandeville Private Client, an award-winning family office and leader in the private equity space. The firm was also heavily active in Public Equities, Venture Capital, Real Estate Development Trusts, Infrastructure, and various other alternative investments; both domestically and in emerging markets. David was responsible for managing relationships with the firm’s HNWI clients.

Before joining DFS Private Wealth, David was CEO of FranSys INTL, at the time, one of the largest franchise consulting firms in North America, consulting over 350 mid-large global franchisors, advising on management, expansion, and M&A matters. Mr. McLean also founded and lead Franchising.Org to significant profitability, which he later sold in 2011 to the International Franchise Association (IFA). After studying economics at Ryerson University, Mr. McLean received his Cycle 1 Executive Development Certificate from McGill University, an intensive condensed MBA program. Mr. McLean also studied Private Equity and Venture Capital at the prestigious Università Bocconi. Mr. McLean is also a Power MBA.

David is currently the Managing Director of X Franchise Group, a company specializing in expanding businesses through franchising in exchange for equity.

Neena was the Founder, President, and CEO of KMH Cardiology & Diagnostic Centres for 30 years which grew to 19 locations in Canada and the US employing over 500 staff members, generating $70M in revenue and servicing over 300,000 patients per year.

Neena grew KMH Cardiology by signing acquisition agreements with 11 new sites in five years. Neena catapulted KMH Cardiology’s revenue from $29M in 2010 to $76M in 2014, advancing EBITDA growth from $4M in 2010 to $10M in 2014. Neena has also acquired many leadership accolades, such as the; 2009 New Pioneer Award in Entrepreneurship, the 2008 Top 100TM Award – Entrepreneur Category, and the 2006 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Health Sciences. Neena is highly-competent in M&A, Healthcare Administration, Business Development, Strategic Planning, Corporate Compliance, Executive Leadership, and General Management.

Prior to KMH Cardiology, Neena was the President and Founder of Independent Diagnostics Clinics Association from 1987 to 2007 as well as the President and CEO of Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte + Westcoast Radiology from 2011 to 2018. Neena earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Toronto in 1979 and became a Registered Technologist in Nuclear Medicine with the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology in 1981.

David has over 30 years of senior financial experience within the financial services industry. David was Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for one of Canada’s largest banking insurance groups; CIBC Insurance, for 11 years and has also been CFO & CCO for other international Fortune 100companies.

Prior to being the CFO of CIBC Insurance, David was an audit, consulting and M&A partner with PwC for 10 years. David’s work has helped foreign governments enhance their governance and risk management capabilities. He has serviced organizations such as the World Bank and has helped other industry-leading global companies enhance their strategic focus and optimize their financial services function.

From his time putting together M&A deals as a young Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in both the Toronto and Geneva Switzerland offices, to his current role as CEO of the D’Four Group, a company poised to be an industry leader in the Part-Time CFO market, he has built his reputation as a hands-on, people focused expert in customer service and performance-based results.

Ankit is currently the Principal of AD Capital, a privately held entrepreneurial investment firm focused on long term partnerships with best-in-class small-and-medium sized Canadian businesses.

Ankit is also the Prinicipal of KCM Holdings Group, a long-term investment partnership offering founders and owners a unique alternative to traditional private equity. KCM acquires and take a hands-on approach to growing businesses with $1M to $7M in EBITDA, primarily focusing on companies across North America. Their mandate is flexible: whether an owner-operator is looking to retire or seeking to de-risk their asset base while continuing to run the business, KCM Holdings can actively participate in either scenario. KCM focus on majority investments, ranging from 51% to 100% while preserving the owner's legacy over a long-term investment horizon.

Prior to AD Capital and KCM, Ankit was an Investment Professional at Clairvest Group, a middle-market private equity firm based in Toronto. He was responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring investments.

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Ankit previously worked at GCM Grosvenor in Chicago where he focused on direct investments. He began his career in investment banking at Citigroup in New York. Ankit earned a B.A. in Honors Business Administration (HBA) with Distinction from the Ivey Business School at Western University.

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