Award category |
Winning deal |
Award recipient (individual) |
Award recipient (firm) |
Mining industry |
Capstone (in partnership with KORES) – Far West |
Jason Howe, vice-president, business development |
Capstone Mining Corp. Korea Resources Corp. (KORES) |
Energy industry |
Talisman (in partnership with Ecopetrol) – Equion Energia |
Mike Adams, vice-president business development |
Talisman Energy Inc. |
Oilfield and exploration services industry |
Western Energy Services – Stoneham Drilling Trust |
Dale E. Tremblay, CEO |
Western Energy Services Corp. |
Media & telecommunications industry |
BCE – CTVglobemedia |
Kevin Crull, president – Bell Media |
BCE Inc. |
Financial services industry |
Intact – AXA |
Louis Gagnon, president and COO of Intact Financial Corp. |
Intact Financial Corp. |
Consumer business industry |
Canadian Tire – Forzani |
Michael Medline, president of FGL Sports Ltd. (new name for Forzani Group) |
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. |
Mid-market |
Canadian Helicopters – Helicopters NZ |
Mr. Don Wall, president and CEO |
Canadian Helicopters Ltd., Cdn. Helicopters Group |
Foreign outbound |
Barrick – Equinox |
Alistair Baker, vice-president, corporate development, and Rick McCreary, senior vice-president, corporate development |
Barrick Gold Corp. |
Foreign inbound - joint venture |
Joint Venture Petronas – Progress Energy |
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS) |
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Foreign inbound - buyout |
Sinopec – Daylight Energy |
Mr Zhang Lianhua, president |
Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corp. (SIPC) |
IPO of the year |
Gibson Energy |
Stewart Hanlon, president and CEO |
Gibson Energy Inc. |
CVCA private equity EV > $500M |
CPPIB (and PSPIB and Apax Partners) – Kinetic Concepts |
Erik Levy, principal, private investments |
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) |
CVCA private equity mid-market EV $100M- $500M |
OMERS Private Equity – CBI Health Group and Accelerated Rehabilitation Centres |
Tim Patterson, managing director |
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Private Equity |
Deal team of the year |
Bank of Nova Scotia – for the DundeeWealth, Banco Colpatria, and Bank of Guangzhou acquisitions this year along with their continuing expansion strategy into emerging markets |
Chris Hodgson, group head, Global Wealth Management |
Bank of Nova Scotia |
Industrials industry |
Martinrea – HONSEL |
Nick Orlando, president and CEO
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Martinrea International Inc. |
*Subject to company approval of receipt of award; historically some companies have declined an award