Stephen Dent

Chairman and Managing Partner

Birch Hill Equity Partners Management

Steve co-founded Birch Hill in 2005 and prior to that ran Birch Hill’s predecessor organization, the Canadian mid-market Private Equity Group within TD Capital. He joined TD Capital in 1989 as an Associate.

Steve serves on the Board of Directors for Bio Agri Mix, Mastermind Toys, Motion Specialties and Terrapure Environmental. He has served on the Boards of Algonquin Group, Carmanah Design and Manufacturing, Constellation Software, Hi-Pro Feeds, Lift Technologies, Locator Group, PageMart Wireless and Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. Steve has also played a lead role in Birch Hill’s investments in A-Channel, AltaGas Services, Celestica International Holdings and COM DEV International.

Steve received his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, and his BBA (Honours) from Wilfrid Laurier University.