Wesley Ollson

Athlete, Business adviser, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Investor, Producer, Project manager, Sales specialist, Startup, Student, World traveler

Wesley relocated to Vancouver in 2015 after spending the last 16+ years residing in Toronto working in various capacities in the Venture Capital, Financial Services, and Sports/Entertainment industries. He is currently an entrepreneur managing his own sales, strategy and business development consultancy where he assists entrepreneurs to grow and attract financing to their businesses. Born and raised in London Ontario, he lived in Australia prior to relocating to Toronto to pursue a Masters Degree in International Economics and Finance. Wesley’s work experiences range from managing restaurants and catering departments at sports and entertainment venues such as the Air Canada Centre, to raising rounds of financing for entrepreneurs and start-ups companies, and investment assets from brokers/advisors for venture capital and other types of investment funds. Wesley has worked in various capacities including mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, business development/sales, marketing, investor relations, and regulatory compliance. For TEDxVancouver, Wesley is now sitting President as one of the lead co-organizers of the event. Previously Wesley operated as VP/CFO while also leading Sponsorship efforts for the society and helping drive the creative direction of the event.

For the past 12 years since completing my Masters Degree in International Economics/Finance, I have had the benefit of working in the venture capital industry assisting entrepreneurs to conceptualize, strategize, market, pitch and raise funding for their businesses - I am passionate to help them succeed and to build communities and networks of individuals that help one another to get ahead.

That the sign of a truly intelligent and well rounded individual isn't who is the loudest or scores the best test results, but rather lies in the ability to debate and defend the opposite side of any discussion in which one finds oneself. This isn't a new concept, but in this day in age where the vast majority of one's media consumption and 'fact based' knowledge (and I use that very loosely) come from the worldwide web and social media interactions, it's as important as ever that individuals make an active effort to 'follow' or at least take-in information from media sources/individuals/organizations/etc with whom they may not necessarily agree in order to form their own beliefs/thoughts/opinions based on a well rounded perspective.

Business Development, Corporate Partnerships, Creative Thinking, Entrepreneurialism, Football (Soccer), Fundraising, Hockey, Innovative Problem Solving, International Economics/Finance, Monetization Strategy, Public Speaking & Presentations, Sales, Start-up Strategy, Venture Capital

Econometrics. Public speaking. Creative writing.