Kristi Miller
Kristi has more than 15 years of financial industry experience, including 11 years in specialized subordinated debt financing. Before co-founding First West Capital, Kristi served as an investment manager at Vancity Capital Corporation where she developed and managed a diverse portfolio of subordinated debt-financed clients.
Before joining Vancity Capital, Kristi managed a portfolio of commercial clients at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and served as an investment officer for the Small Enterprise Equity Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In these various roles Kristi completed a dozen equity, more than 60 subordinated debt and over 500 senior debt transactions. Kristi is an accomplished, motivated and creative provider of capital to successful businesses and brings rigorous investment analysis, decision-making, negotiation and execution to the First West Capital team.
Kristi holds a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Russian studies from McGill University. She is immediate past-president of the AWF Association of Women in Finance, vice chair of the Vancouver International Marathon Society and former chair of the B.C. Provincial Child Care Council.
Contact Kristi
Phone: 604-501-4264
E-mail: kmiller@firstwestcapital.ca
Linked in: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/kristilmiller
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In 1863, Canada’s first diamond on record was found in glacial debris in Ontario. However, it wasn’t until 135 years later, in 1998, that Canada’s first diamond mine officially opened in the Northwest Territories. Despite this slow start, the Canadian diamond industry has seen aggressive growth over the last 14 years.
Leading the growth charge is Crossworks Manufacturing, the operator of three Canadian-based (Vancouver, Sudbury and Yellowknife) diamond polishing...
After almost three years of recession, things were really looking up for Canadian companies. By mid-2011, business confidence was on the rise, employment had been given a shot in the arm, and commercial lenders were starting to loosen their purse strings.
Accordingly, the small business sector—one of the economy's top contributors—anticipated easier access to credit, as evidenced by the responses to a survey conducted by the Canadian Financial Executives Research...
Pro Builders owner Paul McCann needed a financing partner that fit his business and growth plans
With four established Home Hardware Building Centre locations throughout the Okanagan, Pro Builders owner Paul McCann was looking to expand. However, before he could launch his growth plans he needed to find the right financing partner.
“I wanted to grow my business,” explains Paul. “I’ve got four stores in the Okanagan, but I wanted to expand into...
The prospect of opening shop in the Okanagan tempted a Vancouver agency to go east and First West Captial was the right partner to help make it happen.
For the last three years, Barry Ward, President of Bardel Entertainment, a Vancouver-based animation studio, had contemplated the idea of expanding his operations into Kelowna, British Columbia. Intrigued by the growing pool of talented animators in the region, the ability to access regional tax incentives provided by the...
For many years, Burnaby-based Terraprobe Geoscience Corporation operated as a combined service and research and development company becoming the largest provider of ground penetrating radar (GPR) consulting in western Canada.
However, as the company’s service operations grew, the day-to-day running of the business was drawing the company’s founder – an inventor by nature – away from his passion for research and development. To allow him to return to R&D, he...
Out of necessity or passion, women throughout history have been active entrepreneurs. In Canada today, it’s reported that up to 50 per cent of small businesses are women-owned. But as plentiful as women-led small businesses may be, there are challenges. A 2009 University of Ottawa survey sums it up like this: women-owned businesses are “significantly smaller, less profitable and less likely to grow compared to firms owned by men.” At face value, the current extent of the...
