Tanner Philp, CFO and Partner

Tanner Philp specializes in working with early stage public and private companies on all aspects of the financing process, including business plan development and evaluation, deal structuring, regulatory compliance, exchange listing, capital sourcing, M&A and corporate partnering.

Tanner is an advisor to a number of early stage technology companies where he works actively to bridge the early-stage financing gap. As a Chartered Accountant who began his career working with fund management and asset management firms at KPMG Vancouver, Tanner then went to work for KPMG London (UK) where he specialized in providing assurance, consulting and corporate finance services to asset management and private equity firms. In the very early stages of his career, Tanner also worked for a short time at Phillips, Hager & North where he first fostered his desire to finance and build emerging companies.

In addition to his work at Lions Capital, Tanner is a final jury participant in the Telus New Ventures BC competition, a seminar leader for the Telus New Ventures BC competition on early stage financing, and a mentor in the BC Excels medical technology forum. He is also a member of the Vancouver Executive Committee for Gold Medal Plates, a fundraising event to support Canadian Olympic athletes that pairs Olympic athletes with Canada’s top chefs in a culinary competition.

In 2007, Tanner was awarded the Early Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC and he currently serves as a director of Vigil Health Solutions (TSX-V: VGL), Secretary of Urodynamix Technologies (TSX-V: URO), Chairman of Conasys Consumer Assurance Systems, Secretary of RewardStream and an Observer at Zeugma Systems. Tanner has a Bachelor of Business Administration concentrated in Finance from Simon Fraser University.