Leadership Luncheon Series: Consolidation in Canadian Private Health Care - Opportunities and Obstacles in the Canadian M&A Sector

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Moderator

Michael Kessel 
President & CEO, Cleveland Clinic

 

Mike Kessel is the President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Canada and committed to helping Canadians lead healthy, active lives.

As an active member of the community, Mr. Kessel is a founding organizer of the Heart & Stroke’s Cardiac Smash event and a board member at Arlington Partners, Akira, Biomendics and VIQ.  He is a former committee member of the Conference Board of Canada, and is also an active member of Young Presidents Organization and serves on the Maple Leaf chapter’s New Member Committee.  

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Canada, Mr. Kessel was Co-founder and Vice President of Business Development and Finance for the Center for Partnership Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital /Trio Health in Chicago. He also held a finance leadership role at Cardinal Health, a Fortune 50 global medical products company. Additionally, he was Co-founder and Chief Financial and Operations Officer for Ignition State Group, LLC, a web strategy and development firm based in Chicago.

Mr. Kessel holds a BSc in Marketing and Accounting from The Ohio State University; a CPA designation, and a MBA from Kellogg Business School from Northwestern University. 

Mr. Kessel lives in Toronto with his wife and their three children. He enjoys playing ping pong, tennis, running, basketball and golf.

 

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic is a global nonprofit academic medical centre that has provided world class patient care to people from around the world since 1921. Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation.   As the Canadian location of the Cleveland Clinic, our services help patients live healthier, more active lives. Our two locations, in downtown and midtown Toronto, offer innovative clinical services that are rooted in evidence and are delivered in a high quality and convenient healthcare environment.

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Panelists

David Florio
Principal, Grant Thornton LLP

 

David is a Partner with Grant Thornton and has over twenty-seven years in public accounting and professional services  He has significant experience in Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Assurance, Risk Management, and Internal Controls evaluations across a wide variety of industries.

David is currently our Southern Ontario Advisory Leader and leads our Business Risk Services practice which provides services related to Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, IT Risk and Assurance, and Cybersecurity.

 

 

 

 

Dominic Mazzone
Chief Executive Officer, MedSpa Partners Inc

 

Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, Dominic was exposed to business early on as a child. Dominic started his first business at 16 and by the time he was 30 he had started several others. He then took a hiatus from the entrepreneurial lifestyle to manage enterprise accounts for Worldcom in the US and for Bell Canada. During his successful tenure he was responsible for over $200 million of business; however his entrepreneurial spirit never went away. Dominic then co-founded Regent Global Funds, a small commercial real estate lending fund out of Chicago. During this time he acquired and ran a web hosting company where he became fully exposed to the web and became immersed in the world of digital strategy. This led to the creation of Smashbox Consulting in 2008 providing management and digital consulting for companies both small and large. At the same time, Dominic co-founded Basic Funerals, the first internet funeral company and digitally transformed the industry. Dominic augmented his experience in the healthcare space advising on an orthodontics roll-up as well as a mobile healthcare start-up. This led to the founding of MedSpa Partners Inc., Canada’s premier dermatology and medical spa platform where Dominic is now the CEO.

Dominic is the author of Digital or Death and has been featured extensively in the media including Bloomberg, CBC, ABC, FOX, The Globe and Mail, The Chicago Tribune, BNN and Profit Magazine. Dominic also is a featured speaker, teacher and coach, and has been engaged by many organizations such as Deutsche Telecom, European School of Business, and the Irish Management Institute.

Dominic currently is an Executive-In-Residence at The Ivey Business School where he is tasked with coaching graduating HBA and MBA students in their field consulting projects.  

 

 

 

Cathy Steiner
Principal and Healthcare Lead, Origin Merchant Partners

 

Cathy Steiner is Principal and Healthcare Lead for Origin Merchant Partners, a M&A advisory and investment banking firm. Cathy has over 20 years experience as an investment banker and strategic advisor working with many public and private healthcare and growth companies. Prior to joining Origin, she was CFO for technology companies through capital raising and M&A transactions. Previously she was Managing Director for Nucleus GC, a boutique healthcare advisory firm, and led Healthcare Investment Banking for CIBC World Markets and Yorkton Securities. She has significant experience with healthcare clients at all stages of development, and across all subsectors including pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare information technology, drug development and healthcare services. Cathy holds a MBA (Schulich School of Business at York University), MSc (Immunology) (McMaster University) and earned her CPA, CA designation while working at Deloitte.

 

 

John Trang
Partner, Persistence Capital Partners

John has over a decade of experience in private equity, corporate strategy and corporate development. In 2013, John joined Persistence Capital Partners and is currently responsible for all aspects of the investment process from sourcing, evaluating and executing on investment opportunities to managing existing investments.  John currently sits on the board of several portfolio companies including PCP’s investments in fertility services, veterinary clinics, medical education, medical spas, and dental clinics.

 

John also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen’s University.