Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

President, JDCO Ventures Ltd.

Managing Director, Canada at McDermott & Bull

President, Otis Gold Corp

Chief Commercial Officer, Coast Capital Savings

Past Partner, PWC LLP

Director, Redoak Mining Corp.

Regional Vice President South Vancouver/Richmond &South Delta, RBC Royal Bank

Chief Executive Officer, Advent Wireless Inc.

Principal Consultant, Western Canada, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto

President, Global Synergy Management Corp

Helen Hong Zhou, CPA, CA, is a strong advocate for trade and investment between Canada and Asia Pacific countries. She has significant international work experience in business, government and academic institutions including, Ernst & Young Ltd, the Canadian Embassy in China, and the University of British Columbia. She demonstrated an expertise in assisting clients in implementing their global strategy with a focus on trade, investment and market entry between China and Canada. 

Helen has superior international business development skills by successfully helping 6 Canadian companies to navigate government resources, attract Chinese investments and expand to the Chinese markets.  In her recent experience at HQ Vancouver, she helped international companies to set up their North American headquarters in BC. Helen is also a CPA, CA with over 5 years of experience in mergers & acquisition, reporting and regulatory requirements for both private and publicly traded companies. Her clients included multinationals and SMEs in technology, advanced manufacturing and life science industries. 

Helen also believes in giving back to society. She enthusiastically promotes diversity and encourages immigrants to adapt to Canadian society.  She previously served on the Canadian Citizenship Committee and is currently a board member for The Laurier Institution, mentor of Sauder Executive Mentorship Program. 

She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

Her awards and achievements include: 

• Represented Canada to attend 2017 Alibaba Global Conference on Woman and Entrepreneurship
• Executive Board Member of the Laurier Institution 
• Steering Committee Member for Metro Vancouver Regional Prosperity Initiative 
• Received the first-ever Extraordinary Individual of the Year Award at Ernst & Young Canada 
• Export Development Canada Award

Nigel is a motivational business entrepreneur with over ten years of experience in food and beverage operations. Skills include coaching, networking, budgeting, and leadership are the assets that he delivered to the organizations that he has worked with. At Thirstea Beverages Ltd., he increased revenues by 100% in three consecutive years by expanding listed grocery outlets, developing new brands, increasing production efficiency with written HACCP planning, and collaborating with clients for pop-up stores that generated significant incomes per event. 

About Alden

Alden is Manning Elliott’s managing partner. He also provides assurance, compliance and client advisory services for both public and private companies.

He is particularly experienced at taking companies public and serves clients in a variety of industry sectors including real estate, technology, hospitality, financial services, natural resources, manufacturing and distribution.

Alden takes a hands-on approach to find innovative answers to complex audit and financial reporting challenges faced by companies seeking to obtain initial public listings. Providing clients with creative solutions to their issues through proactive, personalized service is a priority for him.

Client accessibility is also very important to Alden. His clients especially value the attention, knowledge and consulting skills he offers as part of his relationship with them.

Education

Alden obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1987 from the University of British Columbia and his Chartered Accountant designation in 1990. Before joining Manning Elliott, he spent five years at the Vancouver office of a large national CA firm in their assurance and compliance practice area and several years in industry controllership positions.

Pablo Tseng is an experienced intellectual property (IP) lawyer assisting companies at various stages of maturity in the acquisition, commercialization and enforcement of IP rights. With expertise in all aspects of patent and trademark prosecution and portfolio management, he assists clients in a range of industries, including the chemical, technology, energy, and food, beverage and agribusiness sectors.

Working with clients on commercial and licensing agreements relating to IP and technological assets, Pablo translates complex legal issues into plain language and delivers legal solutions that advance business goals.

As a trademark agent, Pablo provides counsel on issues related to trademark registrability, prepares and prosecutes trademark applications, and handles all aspects of trademark opposition proceedings and expungement proceedings.

As a patent agent, Pablo drafts and prosecutes patent applications, and advises clients on patentability, validity, 

infringement and freedom-to-operate issues. His background in chemistry gives him valuable insight into a variety of industries, including cleantech and natural health products.

Pablo is published in peer-reviewed scientific and legal literature, and his legal work has been referenced by the Parliament of Canada.

He is recognized by numerous ranking authorities including Best Lawyers, Lexpert, Lexology, IAM Patent 1000, and WTR 1000.