Bio

Ian is Partner of Transition Advisory Partners, and brings over 25 years of investment banking and corporate advisory experience to the firm. Ian’s career has spanned several continents and he has developed deep expertise in both buy-side and sell-side advisory. Ian founded TAP in 2016 after leading the B.C. M&A practice of an international advisory firm where he focused on sell-side and financing assignments. He had previously spent nine years with another international advisory firm where he headed up their corporate finance practice – first in Hong Kong and then in Vancouver. During this time, he managed a wide range of complex, cross-border transactions involving privately held businesses on both the buy-side and sell-side. Ian spent 17 years living and working in Taiwan and Hong Kong where he took on increasingly senior leadership roles in strategy consulting, operations and corporate finance advisory.