Craig Alexander Partner & Chief Economist Deloitte

Craig Alexander is the first Chief Economist at Deloitte Canada. Craig has over 20 years of experience in the private sector as a senior executive and leading economist in applied economics and forecasting. He has previously held positions as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at TD Bank Financial Group; Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist at The Conference Board of Canada; and Vice President Economic Analysis at C.D. Howe. He has strong background in macroeconomic and financial forecasting. Craig is a passionate public speaker who has crossed the United States and Canada discussing financial and policy issues facing the countries, as well as evaluations of their economies. 

Craig holds a graduate degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.

Tom Cane Managing Editor Mergermarket & Dealreporter

Tom heads Mergermarket and Dealreporter’s editorial operations across the Americas, overseeing the products’

combined team of over 50 reporters across the region that specialize in M&A and capital markets coverage. As well

as managing regional editors and hiring key staff, Tom is responsible for identifying new coverage areas. Before

becoming Managing Editor for the Americas in 2015, Tom was Managing Editor of the Asia-Pacific region. In 2012

he notably launched the successful ECM product. Prior to joining the Mergermarket Group, Tom wrote on capital

markets and private equity for a legal media organization in London. Tom holds a BA from Manchester University

Sean Dainty VP Sales, Canada Datasite

Sean Dainty is VP Sales, Canada at Datasite, since February 2019. He is responsible for growing revenues and market share, leading a team of sales directors across the country. Sean is based in Toronto, Canada.

Sean has been with Datasite since 2014 where he previously worked as a Sales Director in London, England, responsible for the UK and Ireland. Prior to Datasite, Sean spent 6 years at Unilever in a numbers of roles across Marketing and Sales, in Canada and the UK.

Walker MacLeod Partner McCarthy Tétrault

Walker MacLeod is a partner in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group at McCarthy Tétrault. He practices in both Calgary and Vancouver, acting for senior and junior creditors, debtors, receivers, monitors and trustees in a wide range of corporate insolvency, restructuring and workout related matters.

Walker has acted in numerous large and complex restructuring and insolvency cases, including multiple transactional reorganizations with a cross-border or international component. He has represented senior secured lenders, debtors and Canadian court-appointed monitors in concurrent CCAA and US Bankruptcy Code restructuring proceedings and Canadian court-appointed receivers in concurrent BIA receivership and US Bankruptcy Code liquidation proceedings. He routinely acts for parties seeking to acquire assets from insolvent entities in CCAA or BIA sale and investment solicitation processes and has represented borrowers, lenders, court-officers and successful bidders in contested CCAA plan of arrangement and BIA and CCAA sale approval applications. In addition, he also has experience advising on reorganizations involving the recapitalization of debtors through the refinancing of secured and unsecured debt obligations occurring by way of plan of arrangement transactions under applicable business corporation legislation. Through his practise Walker has been involved in reorganizations of debtor entities in the oil and gas, energy service, real estate, mining, construction, information technology, capital markets and retail sectors.

Walker is the past president of the Turnaround Management Association (Northwest Chapter), and is a member of the Canadian Bar Association (Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Section) and INSOL International. He also serves as the Chief Editor of Restructuring Roundup, a firm blog that is focused on developments and trends in Canadian bankruptcy and restructuring law. Walker has spoken on several panels at insolvency related conferences and has published numerous articles on bankruptcy issues including priming liens for debtor-in-possession financing, pre-packaged asset sale transactions and environmental regulation of insolvent oil and gas licensees.