Laura-Lee joined BDC seven years ago as a Director with the Growth and Transition Capital (GTC) team, she has provided strategic financing solutions to a client portfolio that spans from Ottawa to Trenton. During her tenure with BDC, Laura-Lee has worked with large and small companies from a wide cross-section of industries to gain access to GTC’s patient and flexible capital to scale their business. Through GTC’s patient structure, many companies in Laura-Lee’s portfolio have seen successful exits and equity raises. Prior to joining BDC, she spent eleven years at Deloitte LLP working with the Financial Advisory practice specializing in business valuations.
In addition to a BA and Masters degrees in Accounting from the University of Waterloo, Laura-Lee is a Chartered Accountant, as well as Chartered Business Valuator. She is deeply entrenched in the community and is a member of the Executive Committee for the Children’s Aid Foundation of Ottawa, works as a mentor with the University of Ottawa’s finance program and is a Fellow of the University of Waterloo.