Kristi Miller
Kristi has more than 15 years of financial industry experience, including 11 years in specialized subordinated debt financing. Before co-founding First West Capital, Kristi served as an investment manager at Vancity Capital Corporation where she developed and managed a diverse portfolio of subordinated debt-financed clients.
Before joining Vancity Capital, Kristi managed a portfolio of commercial clients at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and served as an investment officer for the Small Enterprise Equity Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In these various roles Kristi completed a dozen equity, more than 60 subordinated debt and over 500 senior debt transactions. Kristi is an accomplished, motivated and creative provider of capital to successful businesses and brings rigorous investment analysis, decision-making, negotiation and execution to the First West Capital team.
Kristi holds a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Russian studies from McGill University. She is immediate past-president of the AWF Association of Women in Finance, vice chair of the Vancouver International Marathon Society and former chair of the B.C. Provincial Child Care Council.
Contact Kristi
Phone: 604-501-4264
E-mail: kmiller@firstwestcapital.ca
Linked in: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/kristi-miller/2/a83/474
Featured Posts
When Kristi Miller talks about First West Capital’s successful first year, she does so in metaphors about running. The co-founder, vice-president and long-distance runner, who has logged four marathons and is training for her fifth, knows that growing a business is not a sprint, but rather "an endurance sport.” While the market has responded enthusiastically to First West Capital’s investment philosophy and style, the best is still yet to come, and Kristi...
New generation of women entrepreneurs ready to grow small business into big business
—Kristi Miller
Out of necessity or passion, women throughout history have been active entrepreneurs. In Canada today, it’s reported that up to 50 per cent of small businesses are women-owned. But as plentiful as women-led small businesses may be, there are challenges. A 2009 University of Ottawa survey sums it up like this: women-owned businesses are “...
