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Welcome to ACG Vancouver
Doing business is at the heart of the ACG Vancouver membership experience. We bring dealmakers together to help them achieve their business and professional goals. 75% of ACG members report that they have done business with fellow members. This ROI has made ACG the most trusted and respected resource for middle-market dealmakers and business leaders who invest in growth.

Face-to-face events, online tools, structured networking opportunities, exclusive member benefits and leading-edge market intelligence provide ACG Vancouver members with powerful business-building resources.

Private equity professionals, investment bankers & intermediaries, attorneys, auditors & accountants, lenders, corporate development officers and others focused on the middle-market make ACG Vancouver a "one-stop shop" for opportunities, capital and services. ACG Vancouver brings together every segment of the growth community.

Click here to join ACG Vancouver today and gain immediate access to a local community with global reach.
About the Association for Corporate Growth
Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. (www.acg.org) is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions. Today ACG stands at over 12,500 members from corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms representing Fortune 500, Fortune1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 56 chapters in North America and Europe. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations belong to ACG. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING

Chapter Programs

A primary benefit of membership, monthly chapter meetings provide multiple chances to meet local business people of similar professional interests. Chapters also offer other enrichment: regional conferences, social outings, ACG's Capital Connection™ (a marketplace for private equity professionals and intermediaries) and other events that facilitate networking and collaboration.

2012 ACG Vancouver Capital Connection - full details click here.*

InterGrowth ® Annual Conference

ACG's InterGrowth Conference has consistently provided a sampling of the finest business minds in an environment that encourages the exchange of ideas through panels and keynote speakers. ACG invites its members and other guests to take advantage of the rare opportunity for informal deal exchange and networking with more than 2,000 leading international corporate growth professionals. Attendees concur that more deals and deal possibilities are struck at this conference than at any other convention of its kind in the world!

InterGrowth is where deals are made and 2012 will be no exception. The Gaylord Texan offers the perfect venue for you to connect and do business in a highly productive setting.  More than 90% of InterGrowth attendees report they make a critical business connection from attending.

Click here for more information on InterGrowth 2012.

ACG's Monthly Publication - Mergers and Acquisitions Journal

Mergers and Acquisitions is the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth. Each month, Mergers & Acquisitions and every day, its online component TheMiddleMarket.com provides coverage and analysis of key deals and influential developments in mergers and acquisitions. Also included is a section on headline local, regional and international news related to ACG members and chapters. Mergers & Acquisitions is distributed monthly to more than 13,000 subscribers, including ACG’s membership.

ACG's Monthly E-Newsletters

  • Advisor Link—Produced every month for ACG members, Advisor Link focuses on providing timely, relevant information for service providers focusing on middle-market mergers and acquisitions.
  • Corporate Call—Produced every month for ACG members, The Corporate Call focuses on growing middle-market companies through organic and strategic growth.
  • Private Capital Review—Produced every month for ACG members, Private Capital Review focuses on providing timely, relevant information for private capital investors and providers.


ONLINE RESOURCES

Member Directory

The only resource of its kind, the ACG onlineMember Directory contains contact information for more than 14,000 professionals in corporate growth and mergers and acquisitions. A comprehensive database of contact information, the Member Directory allows you to search for members by any one or more of the following:

  • Personal name, corporate title, or company
  • Geographic location
  • Corporate expertise in one or more of 35 fields
  • Familiarity with one or more of 100 industries
  • In any ACG chapter worldwide

Events Calendars

ACG's national site calendar will take you to a comprehensive database of ACG chapter meetings, conferences, workshops, and networking events, the only site within or without the ACG community to do so. And now the selection process is more sophisticated and better for the member: choose from three comprehensive calendars: All ACG events, North American events, and International events.

ACG CapitalLinkSM

ACG is very pleased to introduce an extraordinary new benefit for our members - ACG CapitalLinkSM Two years in the planning, ACG CapitalLinkSM puts a proprietary database of thousands of capital resources at your fingertips, including private equity firms, hedge funds, mezzanine investors, small business investment companies, valuation firms and M&A advisory firms.  It’s a comprehensive, up-to-date, user-friendly online resource, available at no cost only to ACG members.
 
ACG CapitalLinkSM offers detailed information on a vast array of firms and individuals.  Updated continuously, it currently features data on approximately:
 
  • 1,400 North American and European private equity firms
  • 23,300 portfolio companies
  • 11,360 private equity senior executive biographies
  • 6,600 hedge funds and 37,700 private funds
  • 125 mezzanine investors
  • 400 small business investment companies
  • 300 valuation service providers
  • 1,060 M&A advisory firms 

Online Store  

The ACG online store is the latest ACG member benefit.  The virtual store provides an e-commerce-enabled shopping experience for high-quality ACG-branded products and stationary for events, training and ACG promotions. ACG members' companies are also able to order from the ACG Online Store for their own promotional needs.
 
Please click here to access the online store.
 

Many advertising opportunities await you with ACG
ACG offers you direct contact with one of the most influential buying groups in the corporate growth sector today.

This high-profile association has 14,000 members, including executives throughout North America, the U.K., France, Austria and the Netherlands, heavily concentrated in the key markets of Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Toronto, Washington D.C., and the Southeast.

Four characteristics of ACG buyers stand out. They are:

  • Executive decision-makers in corporate growth, corporate development, mergers & acquisitions
  • Looking for financial, legal, and accounting advice and services. Use consulting, marketing and related services to execute deals
  • Have international interests on both buy and sell sides
  • Hungry to know more in order to stay ahead of the game

ACG members are sophisticated buyers who continually hunt for new opportunities to create business deals. They are keenly interested in and need your services.

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Journal
  • WebSite Advertising
  • Intergrowth Sponsorship

 

  
ACG Vancouver Board of Directors
Robert Napoli
First West Capital
604.501.4294

Ian Wilshaw
KPMG LLP
604.691.3557

Vic Tyson
RBC Royal Bank
604.665.8460

Andrew Hung
BMO Bank of Montreal
604.665.7267

Curtis Johansson
CAI Capital Management
604.694.2527

Douglas
Cruikshank
The Cruikshank Advisory Group Ltd
604.988.4902

Charles Addison
MNP Corporate Finance Inc.
604.685.8504


Stephanie Lyster
HR Consultant
778.997.6129

Valerie Mann
Lawson Lundell LLP
604.631.9173

Ken Tarry
Ernst & Young Corporate Finance (Canada) Inc.
604.648.3831

Peter Roth
Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
604.661.9382

Tyler Smyrski
Yellow Point
604.665.1898

 

 
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