FirePower Capital
Stella Millis has 23 years of work experience in the finance and accounting industry. Stella is currently working as the Director, Private Equity at FirePower Capital since April 2020. Prior to that, they worked at BDO Canada Limited for 10 years as the Vice President from August 2010 to April 2020. Before joining BDO Canada Limited, they worked at Zeifmans as a Senior Manager from 2003 to 2010. Stella also gained experience as a Manager at Grant Thornton LLP from 1997 to 2002.
Stella Millis obtained their Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Ryerson University, which they attended from 1989 to 1992. In addition to their degree, they also hold certifications as a Chartered Insolvency & Restructuring Practitioner from the Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals institution, and as a Licensed Insolvency Trustee from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. The specific months and years when they obtained these certifications are not provided.
FirePower Capital
FirePower Capital advises and invests in Canada’s entrepreneurs, helping them complete mission-critical transactions, such as acquiring a competitor, selling to a strategic buyer, or financing their growth with our own or our partners’ capital. We started FirePower Capital with a single thought in mind: give lower mid-market companies access tothe same level of sophisticated transactional advice that is only available to larger companies; reason is, investment banks in Canada do not “scale down” from headline-grabbing deals.As a team we have created a next-generation investment bank specifically for lower mid-market companies. Since 2012, we have brought together a diverse and dynamic team of deal-makers, marketers, entrepreneurs, engineers, and developers to execute on the vision.We have challenged the ways investment banks traditionally do deals: for example, we have created a cross-functional team in which experts fulfill a specific component of each deal; we have written new software that has allowed us to advance multiple deals simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail; we have built new, active networks that connect Canadian businesses with relevant buyers, investors, and lenders worldwide.We are determined to win in the lower mid-market, where no-one thinks it is feasible to grow a successful investment bank. Our people will continue to disrupt the ways deals get done in Canada with their results-driven attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, and confidence to say “we can do this better”.