Phil Anzarut

Phil Anzarut is a partner in the Diversified Portfolio. He joined BDC Venture Capital in 2009. Phil is a former investment banker, having begun his career in corporate finance at HSBC Securities. He has also worked independently, providing financial advisory services to Canadian small-cap companies. In 2001, he joined TELUS Corporation as Director of Corporate Development / Mergers & Acquisitions, and spent the next seven years leading acquisitions and strategic divestitures on behalf of TELUS — both at the corporate level and for TELUS Ventures. Phil has also led acquisitions on behalf of CAE Inc. in Montreal. He is a member of the Board of Directors of TBayTel and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Phil holds a Bachelor's of Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.