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Frank Pho Frank Pho
Vice President, Fund Investments
Vancouver
Phone: (604) 666-7828
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Frank is Head of the Fund Investments Group which currently has commitments to 16 Canadian private capital funds. Within his new role, Frank will also promote our portfolio companies in Asia, helping them to take advantage of these large markets. In his capacity as the Asia liaison for the Venture Capital division, Frank leads Technology mission to introduce Canadian companies to, and to help them commercialize their products in Asia. He also advises portfolio companies in their go to Asia market strategy.

Until recently Frank was responsible for Venture Capital investments in Information Technology at BDC Venture Capital. Before BDC he was with the Corporate Finance Group at CP Rail where he reviewed multi million dollars investment and financing projects. Prior to CP Rail, he was with Ernst & Young (E&Y), involved in planning, design and implementation of Strategic Information Technology plan, Systems Conversion, and Management Information Systems.

Frank has been a guest lecturer at SFU for the Executive MBA program and MBA Information Technology. He was Chair of Monte Jade Science Technology Association (2003-2004) and a current director heading up activities in the ICT sector for the association. Monte Jade is an international organization with 14 chapters in North America and Asia with the mission of promoting the commercialization of Technology companies.

Frank Pho holds a Bachelor of Commerce, a Diploma of Accountancy (graduate degree) from Concordia University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.


Tim April Tim April
Director, Fund Investments
Eastern Canada
Phone: (613) 947-1929
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Tim is Director, Fund Investment for BDC Venture Capital. He is responsible for managing the BDC’s specialty and seed fund investments in the eastern half of Canada. Tim has four years experience in venture capital, primarily in the semiconductor and electronics sectors were he participated in the management, growth and exit of numerous technology companies. Prior to BDC, Tim garnered 17 years experience in the high technology industry, having held various positions in engineering, sales, business development and management with the likes of Servo Robot, Texas Instruments, LSI Logic Corp., LSI Europe, Broadcom Corp., and Multilink Technology Corp.

Tim April holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Management Studies from McGill University.

Rebecca Giffen Rebecca Giffen
Investment Analyst, Fund Investments
Calgary
Phone: (403) 292-6932
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Rebecca is an Investment Analyst with BDC's Fund Investments group. Prior to this she was an Investment Analyst with BDC's Information Technology group. She is responsible for monitoring investments, conducting industry research, performing financial analysis and undertaking due diligence. She has been with BDC's Venture Capital Group since 1998.

Rebecca holds both Bachelor in Commerce and MBA degrees from the University of Calgary. She has also completed the Canadian Securities Course.



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