Canada’s Best Private Boards 2025 winners (Jason Tasse from Lee Valley Tools and Roger Greenberg from Minto Group) posing with award on stage at event.

Our 2025 Winners.

The following organizations are the winners of our 2025 program and represent the best in private company governance in Canada.

Best Advisory Boards

Lee Valley Tools’ logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Family Business Advisory Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
BFL CANADA’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Employee- Owned Advisory Board (Over 1000 Employees) award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
VistaVu Solutions’ logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Employee-Owned Advisory Board (Under 250 Employees) award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
Zeno Renewables’ logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Emerging Employee-Owned Advisory Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

Best Fiduciary Boards

Minto Group’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Family Business Fiduciary Board (Over 1000 Employees) award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
Hokanson Capital Inc.’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Family Office Fiduciary Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
Nicola Wealth’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Family Business Fiduciary Board (Under 1000 Employees) award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
Soul Foods Group’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Investor-Backed Fiduciary Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
VMAC Global Technologies’ logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Employee-Owned Fiduciary Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.
Plantaform’s logo. They are the 2025 winners of the Best Emerging Investor-Backed Fiduciary Board award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

Individual Awards
(The Trailblazers)

Headshot of Lisa Melchior (Founder and Managing Partner, VERTU Capital), 2025 winner of The Trailblazer Award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

Lisa Melchior
Founder and Managing Partner
VERTU Capital

Headshot of Roger Greenberg (Executive Chairman of the Board, Minto Group), 2025 winner of The Trailblazer Award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

Roger Greenberg
Executive Chairman of the Board
Minto Group

Headshot of Erik Brien-Wright (Partner – PE Investments, EDC), 2025 winner of The Emerging Trailblazer Award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

Erik Brien-Wright
Partner – Private Equity Investments, EDC

Headshot of SheBoot Co-Founders (Julia Elvidge, Jennifer Francis and Sonya Shorey), 2025 winners of The Mission-Driven Trailblazer Award in the Canada’s Best Private Boards program.

SheBoot Co-Founders:
Julia Elvidge, Jennifer Francis and Sonya Shorey