Stephen Dent

Stephen Dent is a Managing Director and co-founder of Birch Hill Equity Partners, a Toronto-based private equity firm. Mr. Dent has over 30 years experience in private equity and deep expertise in capital allocation, strategic planning, accounting and finance. Prior to his current role, he spent 15 years at a major Canadian chartered bank culminating in a senior role leading the Canadian private equity division of the bank. He is a Member of the Business Council of Canada. He is involved in the founding and ongoing support of Our Children’s Medicine; an organization promoting Indigenous employment with leading Canadian companies. He is also involved in the founding and ongoing support of the Birch Hill Scholarship Program; supporting business school education for Indigenous youth. He holds a BBA from Wilfred Laurier University and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University.