September 27-28, 2025: Stampede Park - BMO Centre

Chris Skelton has been assisting clients with franchise growth, sales, and operations for the past couple of decades. With a wealth of experience in assisting investors and franchisors, Chris has come to quickly identify what business opportunity aligns best with the right candidate.

With 20 years of banking experience, Terry has extensive experience in Personal, Small Business, and Commercial Banking.

As National Manager, TD Franchise Banking,  Terry acts as the franchise industry expert and is responsible for growing the Bank’s franchise banking portfolio in Canada while ensuring that franchise customers are provided with legendary customer service.

Terry manages high profile franchisor relationships and provides ongoing support to ensure that franchisees are provided with the credit and cash management products that best meet their needs.

Ahsan has been in his current role with as Regional Manager, Franchise Banking for 2 years at TD Bank, and with franchise industry for over 8 years.  As Regional Manager, Ahsan is one of TD's franchise industry experts and is responsible for growing TD's franchise banking portfolio while ensuring that franchisee customers are provided with legendary customer service.  Ahsan also brings to the table over 15 years of lending experience from Commercial and Small Business at TD. He enjoys collaborating with both franchisors and franchisees to assist them with all of their credit and Banking needs.

Domenic Mandato is the President and Chief Executive Officer of both the Trust and the Administrator for InvestPlus REIT. He is a real estate investor and entrepreneur specializing in the acquisition, renovation and value enhancement of commercial, industrial, and multifamily buildings in 5 cities and 3 different provinces. He has successfully acquired, managed and sold multi unit residential properties in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec over the last 21 years. Mr. Mandato has spent the last 18 years building and managing InvestPlus, a highly successful real estate investment and management company. The REIT now has approximately $90 Million assets under management located in 5 cities in 3 different western Canadian provinces.

Professional business development manager with over 10 years of banking experience. Specialized in franchising, international business, small business banking and corporate banking.

Graeme Green is responsible for supporting RBC’s franchise business for Western Canada from Sudbury, ON to Vancouver Island and the North. He gets to work with such iconic brands like McDonald’s, Tim Hortons, A&W, Wendy’s and Popeye’s to name a few. Graeme has been with RBC for 24 and has spent most of career supporting RBC’s franchise clients from start up to exiting the franchise system. Graeme is active in his community by supporting Canadian Blood Services on a national level along with being part of a National Steering Committee for an RBC Employee Resource Group dedicated to supporting Caregivers.

Mark Guest is the Alberta Regional Team Lead for Futurpreneur. He has a background in helping build and grow some of Canada's fastest growing startups over the last 15 years. At Futurpreneur, he helps young entrepreneurs gain access to financing and mentorships to start, launch and grow their businesses.

Scott has extensive experience in the Canadian franchise landscape working with some of the most well-established brands in Canada and the United States. Scott began his career at Tim Hortons as a multi-unit franchise owner/operator. After ten years with Tim Hortons, Scott expanded his horizons and joined Kelsey’s as a Franchisee owner/operator.

Scott made a deliberate move to apply his talent and knowledge to corporate operations, joining companies such as Sunoco, McDonald’s, Medicine Shoppe/Rexall Inc., Luxottica Retail and Pearle Vision Canada. From 2014 to 2017, Scott held the position of Vice President of Operations at Mary Brown’s Famous Chicken & Taters.