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All the members of the Kensington team have deep experience in their respective fields, with high quality and complementary educational backgrounds, professional qualifications, and operational experience. Collectively, the Kensington team has over 100 years of private equity experience, over 100 years of operating experience, and professional designations in the fields of engineering, law, accounting, financial analysis, and portfolio management.
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Win Bear

Managing Director

Win Bear is a Managing Director on Kensington’s venture capital investment team. Prior to joining Kensington, Win spent 20 years in commercial banking, specifically focused on the innovation sector. Win has worked closely with Canadian and US-based VC firms and growth equity firms, while actively supporting tech and life sciences/healthcare companies ranging from seed-stage companies to large private companies and public companies.

Win joined Kensington after a 15-year career with Silicon Valley Bank, where he led SVB’s Canada growth initiatives, relocating to Toronto as Head of Business Development for all SVB business units across Canada. He previously held senior business development roles at SVB in the Boston and Carolinas region.

Win holds a BA in English and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his spare time, he loves fishing, SCUBA diving, and just about anything in the great outdoors.

Jami Baker

Manager, Project Administration

Jami Baker comes from the Recruiting industry where she held multiple coordinator positions within Recruiting, Records Management and Operations. Her experience configuring document management software and implementing processes to improve efficiency in the office is guiding us in the direction of a paperless environment.

Jami holds a B.A in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario.

Roland Boram

Principal

Roland is a Principal based in the Vancouver office.

Prior to joining Kensington, Roland was an investment banking analyst at Citi, focused on clients in the energy and energy infrastructure sector. Latterly, Roland helped spearhead Citi’s Canadian coverage of the energy transition sector.

Roland holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia.

Maya Capitan

Administrative Coordinator

Maya Capitan is an Administrative Coordinator at Kensington.

Prior to joining Kensington, Maya worked in real estate and property management, most recently as a Leasing Specialist and Property Administrator. In these roles, she focused on drafting and reviewing lease agreements, coordinating with clients on contract terms, and supporting day-to-day property operations. As a recent graduate, Maya combines academic knowledge with hands-on professional experience in fast-paced corporate environments.

Maya holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science, with a specialization in Legal Studies, from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Christine Chan

Manager, Administration

Christine comes to Kensington with over 10 years of administrative experience, most recently spending 5 years at Capstone Infrastructure Corporation, where she supported the management team and Board of Directors. Christine has gained her experience working in the utilities, and mining industries at companies such as Capstone Infrastructure and Yamana Gold, where she held responsibilities that included executive support, event planning, and vendor management. Her focus is to provide seamless administrative support and identifying cost savings opportunities across the administrative functions.

Bogdan (Bo) Cenanovic

Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity

Bogdan (Bo) Cenanovic is Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity at Kensington Capital Partners. He leads the firm’s private equity investment activities and serves on Kensington’s Executive Management Committee and investment committees.

Before joining Kensington, Bo was a Managing Director at PSG, a leading growth equity firm focused on software and technology-enabled services companies. Bo brings more than 25 years of private equity and investment experience. Prior to PSG, he spent nearly 13 years at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he served as Managing Director and Global Group Sector Head for Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Financial Services and Healthcare. During his tenure, he led investments across these sectors and was involved in numerous significant transactions globally. 

Earlier in his career, Bo held investment roles at TorQuest Partners and EdgeStone Capital Partners.

Bo holds an MBA and an HBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University and has earned the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Alfred Chuang

Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer

Alfred is the Chief Financial Officer of Kensington. Alfred has led global teams in areas of investment and corporate finance, investment structuring and operations, and reporting and analytics for private equity, infrastructure, and private debt portfolios. His previous tenures include two Maple 8 Canadian pension plans and a Big 4 accounting firm. Prior to Kensington, he was the CFO of a social impact fund focused on the affordable housing sector. Alfred serves on several corporate and NPO boards.

Alfred is a Fellow with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and holds designations as a CPA, Chartered Accountant, Chartered Business Valuator, Certified Public Accountant (Colorado), and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

 

Patrick Dean

Vice President, Investment Finance

Patrick joined Kensington in 2026 as a Vice President on the investment finance team.

Prior to joining Kensington, Patrick was a Director at OMERS, covering investment accounting for their private equity portfolio. Previous to that, Patrick spent 12 years in various financial reporting and tax roles at Ninepoint Partners and Sprott Asset Management.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Abraham Esemu

Senior Manager, Investment Finance

Abraham joined Kensington in 2022 as a Manager of Finance. Prior to joining Kensington, Abraham previously worked at State Street, RBC I&TS; and Pinnacle Fund Services in Private Equity, Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments. He has wealth of experience in private equity accounting, fund administration and investor reporting.

Abraham holds an MBA from Delta State University; and is a designated Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA.

Dylan Freeze

Director

Dylan Freeze is a Director at Kensington Capital, where he focuses on venture capital investing. He serves on the investment committee of the BC Tech Fund and is the Managing Director of the General Partner.

Dylan began his career as an Analyst at iData Research, a Vancouver-based market research firm specializing in the medical sector. Driven by a passion for investing and company analysis, he transitioned to the BC Tech Association in 2015 as a Program Manager, quickly embedding himself in Vancouver’s rapidly growing tech ecosystem.

Dylan joined Kensington in 2017, and his primary investment interests include SaaS, Defense, AI, Healthcare, and Biotech.

Dylan holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Victoria.

Daniel Gutnik

Manager, Investment Finance

Daniel is a Manager on Kensington’s private equity investment finance team.

Prior to joining Kensington in 2022, Daniel spent 3 years in multiple roles within fund accounting at CIBC Mellon, where he was responsible for the reconciliation, journalizing, reporting, and auditing of mutual funds and ETFs in various asset classes.

Daniel holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from Lakehead University, where he majored in finance. He is currently on track to complete his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Wahed Hakim

Analyst

Wahed is an Analyst based in the Vancouver office.

Before joining Kensington, he worked as an Associate in Private Credit at Trez Capital. He has also gained experience in Private Equity at IPB Investments and developed M&A advisory skills at Deloitte.

Wahed holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia.

Jenny Han

Senior Manager, Corporate Finance

Jenny joined in 2017. Prior to joining Kensington Capital, Jenny was part of the finance team at CBRE Caledon Capital Management Inc. responsible for general corporate accounting. Prior to that Jenny spent nine years with Covington Capital Corporation, as a Senior Accountant, where she gained significant experience in venture capital and private equity fund valuation and corporate accounting.

Jenny is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP). She received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Honours in Economics from York University.

Jacob Hellas

Associate

Jacob is an Associate on Kensington’s Private Equity team. He joined the firm in 2026 and is based in Toronto.

Prior to Kensington, Jacob was a Manager on TD Bank’s Corporate Development team where he was responsible for evaluating and executing acquisitions, investments, divestitures, commercial agreements, and strategic initiatives across the bank’s business lines. Previously, Jacob was with Constellation Software’s Perseus Operating Group where he sourced, evaluated, and executed acquisitions of vertical market software businesses, as well as supported M&A strategy and related initiatives.

Jacob holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance from Ontario Tech University and has passed Levels I and II of the CFA Program.

Hailey Hersh

Senior Legal Counsel

Hailey Hersh is Senior Legal Counsel at Kensington.

Prior to joining Kensington, Hailey practiced law as a corporate lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, where she was a key member of the firm’s M&A and private equity groups. During her time at McCarthy Tétrault, Hailey advised Canadian, U.S. and international clients on a broad range of matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate matters.

Hailey holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from the Faculty of Law at Western University and an Honours Business Administration (HBA) from Ivey Business School.

Rui Hu

Director, Marketing

Rui Hu is the Director of Marketing at Kensington Capital. She held multiple roles in organizations including Ontario Power Generation, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Hydro One, and Manulife. Her focus included event planning, digital marketing, communications and strategic marketing. Previously, Rui worked on the project team to launch the new Manulife.ca website for the Group Benefits and Retirement division.

Rui graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the University of Toronto. She also received her Digital Marketing Certification from the University of Toronto.

Thomas Kennedy

Chief Executive Officer

Tom Kennedy is the founder of Kensington Capital Partners and Chair of the Investment Committee. Tom serves on the Advisory Boards of several private equity funds and private companies and has been an active supporter of the Private Equity and Venture Capital business in Canada. His public service and philanthropic work has been a longstanding, and focused on education and healthcare.

Tom’s previous experience includes 10 years in operational and management positions with Consolidation Coal Co. and Alberta Energy Company. He has investment banking experience as a senior executive with Bunting Warburg, Lancaster and TD Securities.

Tom holds a B.Sc.Eng. (Mining) from Queen’s University and a D.B.A. from the University of Edinburgh and is a professional engineer.

Anthony Kubanin

Director, Technology and Operations

Anthony is the Director of Technology and Operations at Kensington.

Prior to joining Kensington, Anthony was an Information Technology manager at Jackman Reinvention Inc. in Toronto where he managed information technology strategy and operations. Previously, he held similar IT roles in the Education, Financial, and Education sectors with over 14 years of combined experience in IT.

Anthony is passionate about technology and stays current with the latest innovations and trends. Anthony holds certificates from Ryerson University in Data Analytics, Big Data, and Predictive Analytics as well as Advanced Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure Management. Anthony is a Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator and has additional Microsoft certifications in Security, Compliance, Identity, and Azure AI.

Alan Lee

Vice President, Portfolio Analytics and Valuations

Alan joined Kensington in 2022 as a Director, Portfolio Analytics & Valuations in the Finance team. Prior to joining Kensington, Alan worked in various Finance roles at OMERS for 13 years within the Private Markets group. Most recently, he worked in the Valuation team supporting the quarterly valuation process for various Direct investments within the Private Equity and Infrastructure asset class. In addition, he also led the Portfolio Analytics function to build out the capability of scenario analysis on acquisitions/exits as well as dynamic portfolio-level reporting on key metrics.

Alan received his Bachelor of Commerce from the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Russell Lindzon

General Counsel

Russell Lindzon is the General Counsel at Kensington.

Prior to joining Kensington, Russell practiced corporate securities law at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP where he was an active member of the firm’s M&A, securities, investment funds, private equity and emerging companies groups. During his time at Fasken, Russell was involved in a variety of public and private transactions, including mergers and acquisition, corporate reorganizations, take-over bids, reverse takeovers and debt and equity financings.

Russell holds a J.D. from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University and a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario.

Richard Lipak

Vice President, Controller

Richard joined Kensington Capital in 2018 as an Investment Finance Director. Prior to joining Kensington, Richard was a Director for thirteen years leading the finance team accountable for private equity and strategic investments at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Richard is a designated Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant and he obtained a Bachelor of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo.

Eamonn McConnell

Vice Chair

For over 35 years, Eamonn McConnell has been involved in the investment banking and global fund management business. Eamonn has worked in Canada, the UK and Asia during his career. He has worked for many large international institutions including Barclays Global Investors, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. In the late 1990s through 2002, he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank responsible for the pricing, underwriting and risk management of Deutsche Bank’s debt new issue business (Asia and Europe).

His areas of activity have ranged from capital markets work in both debt and equity products, the establishment of a mutual fund investment management company and the subsequent launch of several funds, to the establishment of a private equity fund management company. Eamonn has been an active investor in all types of assets and the management of risk products. He is currently a director of Gryphus Capital, a private equity firm he co-founded in 2002, which is based in Singapore. Eamonn served as the Deputy Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Canada from 2008 – 2013.

Eamonn has an MBA from McGill University and HEC France, and the CAIA designation.

Tyler Tong McDermott

 Associate

Tyler is an Associate at Kensington Capital Partners. Prior to joining, he worked at CIBC Innovation Banking, where he structured credit facilities for VC and PE-backed software companies. Prior to banking, Tyler worked in technology sales at Clearco and iCapital.

Tyler holds a Bachelor of Arts in Peace, Conflict and Justice from the University of Toronto. Outside of work, he is an avid outdoorsman and feels most at home near the water.

Emily McIlquham

Senior Associate

Emily McIlquham is a Senior Associate on Kensington’s venture capital investment team.

Prior to joining Kensington, Emily was at Relay Ventures, where she focused on investments across sports, media, and entertainment technology. She led investment diligence and transaction execution across direct and fund investments, and served as a Board Observer to multiple portfolio companies.

Earlier in her career, Emily held strategy and operations roles at OverActive Media, leading brand partnership execution and supporting revenue and growth strategy across the organization.

Emily holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Richard Nathan

Vice Chair

Rick Nathan leads Kensington’s venture capital investment program as the Vice Chair and member of the firm’s Investment Committee. His career spans many years across the private equity and venture market as an industry leader, investor and professional advisor. Rick currently serves as an active board member of several companies within the Kensington venture portfolio, and as a member of the investor advisory committee of several of Canada’s leading venture funds.

Rick began his career as a corporate and securities lawyer at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, where he practiced law for 12 years, including as head of the firm’s Technology Business Group from 1995 to 1999. He then entered the investment industry as a Co-founding Partner of Brightspark Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Rick served as President and Chair of CVCA- Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association from 2005 to 2012, and was a founding Co-Chair of CIX- Canadian Innovation Exchange from 2008 to 2016. Rick joined Kensington in 2005.

Rick is a graduate of Dartmouth College (Computer Science) and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Saar Pikar

President

Saar Pikar is President of Kensington Capital Partners. He oversees the firm’s venture and growth investment activities across fund investments, direct investments and co-investments, as well as ONE9, Kensington’s defence and security investment platform.

Before joining Kensington, Saar served as Managing Director and Head of Ventures and Growth at OMERS, where he led investments in venture and growth-stage technology companies through direct investments and fund partnerships.

Saar brings more than 25 years of leadership, operating and investment experience. Prior to OMERS, he spent 18 years at CDI Technologies, including 12 years as CEO. During his tenure, he led a management buyout of the company in 2010 and subsequently oversaw the sale of a controlling interest to H.I.G. Growth Partners.

Saar holds an MBA from Ivey Business School at Western University and a BA in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Lisa Sartor

Director

Lisa joined as a Senior Associate with Kensington’s Private Equity team in 2021.

Prior to joining Kensington, Lisa spent several years as an Associate at Banyan Capital Partners, a lower middle-market Canadian private equity fund based in Toronto, Ontario. Previous to Banyan, Lisa held roles in PwC’s Corporate Finance practice and Audit & Assurance practice.

Lisa holds her CPA, CA designation and an Hons. Bachelor of Commerce from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.

Sahana Sriranganathan

Senior Paralegal

Sahana Sriranganathan is a Senior Paralegal at Kensington.

In her role, Sahana supports corporate legal and compliance matters, including legal entity management, corporate governance, and transactional due diligence. She brings extensive experience across the energy, telecommunications, and financial services sectors, with a strong background in corporate legal operations and regulatory compliance. Sahana has held positions at Cordelio Power, Bell, and Hyundai Capital Canada, where she supported mergers and acquisitions, managed litigation and commercial matters, as well as assisted with contract and governance processes. She also served as a Paralegal Program Instructor at triOS College, mentoring and educating future legal professionals.

Sahana holds a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and Strategic Management from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of Ottawa, and is a licensed paralegal with the Law Society of Ontario (LSO).

Will Wu

Manager

Will is a Manager on Kensington’s analytics and valuation team.

Prior to joining Kensington in 2024, Will spent 2 years within Deloitte LLP’s Value Advisory and Modelling team. Based in Toronto, Will worked on various M&A mandates and support for various annual valuation processes within the Infrastructure and Private Equity asset classes.

 Will holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV).

Yiwei Zhang

Vice President, Investment Finance

Yiwei joined Kensington in 2017 as a Senior Fund Accountant. Prior to joining Kensington, Yiwei worked as a Senior Operations Analyst at Northleaf Capital Partners, where she gained experience in private equity accounting and investor reporting.

Yiwei holds a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo and received her Certified Management Accountant designation in 2013.