Mike leads Evergreen’s investing, strategy, and operations, drawing on more than a decade of experience helping create value at multiple companies as a C-suite operator, investor, board member, and partner to management teams.

Prior to founding Evergreen, Mike was a Principal at CPS Capital, a small-cap private equity firm based in Toronto. Hired as its first employee, he helped raise over $200 million across two funds, led over 15 acquisitions and grew the team to 12 investment professionals. During this time, Mike also assumed the roles of Co-CEO and CFO of Royal House Partners, a US-based HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical business, where he was responsible for the oversight of 10 locations across four states, employing over 200 FTEs.

Prior to this role, Mike worked at Brookfield Asset Management, where he was involved in over $20 billion in investments, recapitalizations, and financings. While at Brookfield, Mike led the first-ever securitization of home service rental contracts in North America at Enercare. He was also involved in the take-private acquisition of Genesse & Wyoming, the largest short-line rail operator in North America, as well as the acquisition of 49% of ADNOC’s natural gas pipeline network in the UAE. Mike began his career in the investment banking division of RBC Capital Markets where he advised companies on M&A, debt, and equity transactions.

Mike graduated with an Honours Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.

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Enercare is one of Canada’s largest home and commercial services companies providing service to over 1 million homes.

Royal House Partners is a HVAC, plumbing and electrical home services platform operating in 4 US states with over 200 employees.

HiQo is a global technology service firm, specializing in machine learning, advanced software, and embedded engineering, for Fortune 500s and high-growth startups.

Crozier Mechanical is a full service mechanical provider founded in 1996, specializing in multi-trades and mechanical design-build solutions.

PharmaSmart is a leader in the design, production and distribution of blood pressure and vital signs monitoring systems with 7,000 systems across North America.

Metergy is one of North America’s largest submetering providers and the largest provider in Canada and New York with 850,000 contracted meters.