Alison Nankivell

Chief Executive Officer

2024 - Current

Senior Vice President Fund Investments and Global Scaling

2021 - 2024

Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling

2018 - 2021

Vice President, Fund Investments

2018 - 2021

Managing BDC Capital's balance fund investments program of more than 65 fund relationships. BDC Capital is the risk capital subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada.

Vice President, Global Scaling

2017 - 2018

As Vice President, Global Scaling based in Hong Kong, led initiatives to support BDC Capital's high potential investee companies to grow and scale their business and investment partners in the Asia region. Also worked to support Canadian private equity and venture capital fund managers who were looking to scale their investment activities and institutional investor partners in the Asia region.

Vice President, Co-investments and Government Initiatives

2015 - 2016

Lead the private equity and venture capital co-investment program for BDC Capital, the wholly owned risk capital subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada. Also oversee the Venture Capital Action Plan, a $1.2 billion venture Fund of Fund program established by the Government of Canada in partnership with private institutional investors to encourage greater private capital flows into the VC asset class.

Vice President, Venture Capital Action Plan

2013 - 2015

Lead the private equity and venture co-investment activities of BDC Capital, the wholly owned risk capital subsidiary of the Business Development Bank of Canada. In addition, oversee the Venture Capital Action Plan, a $1.2 billion national Fund of Funds venture program established by the Canadian federal government to encourage private capital investment in the VC asset class.

Chair and Board Member

2019 - 2023

Director, Funds Asia

2012 - 2013

responsible for OTPP's private equity fund relationships in Asia.

Principal, Head of Funds and Asia

2007 - 2012

Managed EDC's global portfolio of more than 60 private equity fund relationships with a special focus on the build out and management of EDC's private equity and venture capital funds in Asia.

Senior Portfolio Manager

2007 - 2011

built out and managed EDC's private equity and venture fund relationships in Asia.

Financing Manager

2004 - 2007

Chief Representative, Greater China

2000 - 2004

Regional Manager, China

1998 - 2000

Project Economist

1996 - 1998

Senior Business Editor and Writer

1991 - 1997

Economic Research Analyst

1989 - 1990