56 Finance Monthly Global Awards 2023. CANADA ADVISER OF THE YEAR EXIT PLANNING BUSINESS ADVISOR Stephen is a leading advisor and financial expert who works with private Business Owners to drive value and to put in place transformational strategies that position businesses for exit on optimal terms. He has a successful track record in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry, managing large portfolios of private companies developing growth strategies, executing transformations and achieving numerous liquidity events. He has international credentials being a qualified CPA, CA in Ontario, Canada and is an FCA in England and Wales. Prior to founding Rizolve Partners, a leading strategic business advisory firm to the Lower MidMarket, Stephen was a leading executive with a top quartile Private Equity firm DRI Capital and a Partner with Lumira Capital, one of Canada’s leading Venture Capital firms. Before applying his skills in private capital, Stephen was the CFO at Harlequin Enterprises, a global publisher, and qualified as a CPA and Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in London, UK. Stephen has also conducted numerous successful consulting assignments in his own consulting practice involving acquisitions, disposals, financings, Stephen Cummings CEO and Managing General Partner T: 416.840.5578 | M: 416.561.8557 E: scummings@rizolve.ca www.linkedin.com/in/stephenlcummings STEPHEN CUMMINGS B.Sc.(Econ), CPA, CA, FCA (UK), CEPA, CVB CEO and Managing General Partner of Rizolve Partners www.rizolve.ca 20 Bay Street, WaterPark Place, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario. M5J 2N8
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