Ian Macdonald

Business and Innovation Leader at KPMG High Growth Ventures

Speaker

Ian Macdonald is dedicated to fostering connections, catalyzing collisions, and nurturing prosperity for emerging and high growth ventures as part of KPMG Canada. With an award-winning career spanning 15 years in community and real estate development across Western Canada, coupled with two years growing a tech startup across the Prairies, Ian is deeply passionate about community building, economic growth, and the success of businesses. In his capacity as Business & Innovation Leader at KPMG Canada's Calgary office, from the Platform Innovation Centre, Ian plays a valuable role in fueling the expansion of the tech ecosystem in Calgary and throughout the prairies. His responsibilities include facilitating meaningful connections between high growth ventures and KPMG clients, funders, ecosystem partners, as well as connecting founders to specialized services tailored for startups and scaleups.