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Tanner Philp

Tanner Philp

CFO & Partner, Lions Capital Corp.

Tanner is a Partner and CFO of Lions Capital, manager of BC Advantage Funds (VCC) Ltd. and Lions Liquidity Investment Fund I Limited Partnership. Tanner focuses on Lions Capital's software, telecommunications and internet/new media investments. Tanner currently serves as a director or advisor of Conasys, RewardStream, Urodynamix Technologies (TSX-V: URO), Vigil Health Solutions (TSX-V: VGL), and Voice Mobility (TSX: VMY) and is an observer at Zeugma Systems. Tanner is a Chartered Accountant who worked previously at KPMG Vancouver and London (UK) where he specialized in providing assurance, consulting and corporate finance services to asset management and private equity firms. Tanner has a Bachelor of Business Administration concentrated in Finance from Simon Fraser University. In addition to his professional endeavours, Tanner is a seminar leader for New Ventures BC and BC Excels (a division of Life Sciences BC) where he teaches entrepreneurs how to raise money. In 2007 Tanner was awarded the Early Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC.