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Josh Booth joined Dawson in 2019 and has 13 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Prior to joining Dawson, Josh worked as a Principal and senior member of the Funds investment team at CPPIB in Toronto and London, UK. Josh was primarily responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring private equity fund investments and managing several of CPPIB’s largest GP relationships. In addition, Josh represented CPPIB on several limited partner advisory boards in North America, South America and Europe and was also a member of the Funds, Secondaries and Private Equity Asia investment committees for CPPIB. Josh began his career in investment banking at Paradigm Capital. Josh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Queen’s University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Michael is actively engaged in supporting the distribution of Northleaf’s private markets strategies to retail, private wealth and asset management advisors and investors. Previously, Michael was a Managing Director, Private Equity, and participated in the origination, evaluation and monitoring of Northleaf's private equity co-investments and direct secondary investments. Prior to joining Northleaf in 2016, Michael was a Vice President, Corporate Development at Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions, where he was responsible for developing and leading all strategic acquisitions and development of internal Brookfield Asset Management account relationships. Previously, Michael spent four years at Centric Health Corporation where he was a Vice President, Operations of the Western Surgical Division and a Director, Business Development Mergers & Acquisitions. Michael began his career in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ audit and assurance group in 2004. Michael received an Honours Economics degree from Queen’s University and completed the Masters of Management and Professional Accounting (MMPA) program at the Rotman School of Business. He holds the Chartered Professional Accountant designation.

Lillian joined BMO Global Asset Management having spent over 15 years in wealth management at various firms in sales, sales management and National Accounts. Her most recent experience was with a Canadian alternatives manager to help educate and foster a passion for alternatives investing. Lillian has deep experience and demonstrated success in the Canadian alternatives space and is a member of the AIMA Canada Executive Committee and the CAIA Toronto Chapter Executive Committee.

Michael Scott is a Senior Analyst with alternatives investment consultant Albourne Partners Limited and is focused on North American private credit investments. He began his career as an Investment Analyst at Purpose Investments, and most recently worked on the Investment Manager Research team at TD as a Senior Analyst. Mr. Scott graduated summa cum laude with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University. He holds both a Masters of Finance and Master of Science in Management at Queen's University. He is also a CAIA charterholder