Hugh Notman’s background includes sixteen years in the securities brokerage industry, primarily involved with public venture capital and laterally providing institutional sales coverage for Western Canada for a national underwriter of emerging growth companies. 

Prior to joining Stirling Mercantile Corporation Hugh was a Vice President of PricewaterhouseCoopers  in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking group.

Hugh is a director of Gateway File Systems Inc. and SMC Ventures Inc. as well as a director and the past President of the Vancouver chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

Peter A. Scott, Partner

Peter Scott worked for the Toronto-Dominion Bank for over 17 years. He was a corporate lending officer in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and Vancouver and was the president of TD Capital Group, TD’s venture capital division for 5 years.

In 1994 Peter left the bank to work for a client, and in this capacity he assisted in the purchase of a forestry products company and two real estate transactions.  Following this engagement Peter joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as Senior VP of Corporate Finance in Vancouver and was involved in several bank and equity capital raisings. Peter has been involved in over 40 private placements and M&A transactions

David’s background combines the establishment of IT-related companies with consulting for early stage financing and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In the early 80s David’s company establish leading verticals in CAD software and custom Unix-based accounting solutions. In the mid 90s David franchised a financial services concept across Canada. David’s M&A activity, most recently with CIBC Investment Banking in Vancouver, included non-asset backed debt and equity financings and M&A intermediary services to mid-market firms. 

David is on the board, investment committee and audit committee of the BC Advantage Funds (VCC) Ltd., is chairman of Celeres Systems, a director of MetroBridge Networks and  Compatriot Ventures, has been a mentor for Telus New Ventures BC since it’s inception in 2001 and sits on the advisory board of several local early-stage companies.

David is available to speak on topics regarding early stage financings as detailed on the Stirling Speaker's page.

As a CFO, George had been involved in a number of corporate finance transactions, assisting companies with new private placements of debt and equity, with debt refinancing, with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and helping companies to go public. He has also assisted companies with strategic and business planning, financial and regulatory reporting, investor relations and corporate development.  Prior to his work in industry, George worked in the financial services sector as a Senior Accountant with Ernst & Whinney (now part of KPMG), as a Manager in the Corporate Finance Group at Price Waterhouse, as an Assistant Manager at the Royal Bank of Canada, and as an Investment Advisor with Pemberton Securities (now part of RBC Dominion Securities). Most recently he has been providing corporate finance services to clients at Wolrige Mahon, LLP a BC-based CA Firm, as a Senior Vice President in their Corporate Finance Group.

Ross obtained his MBA from London Business School, England, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and obtained his B.Acc. from Glasgow University, Scotland. Ross writes for multiple publications, including the Cleantech Investor magazine and ACG’s Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, and is a guest speaker in multiple business schools.

Mike obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from Trinity Western University with distinction, and is studying for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.