Luan is passionate about using her technical knowledge, entrepreneurial experience, and corporate background to empower purpose-driven companies, and their leaders, to make a positive impact in the world.
At Ignite, Luan is an expert facilitator, strategic advisor, and inquisitive consultant working with later-stage, small and medium-sized enterprises to solve their most important challenges. Quick-to-act and performance-oriented, Luan believes in a world where opportunities are constantly being discovered and where challenges are revealed so they can be overcome. She is motivated by leading the leaders towards these opportunities and overcoming these challenges.
Outside of Ignite, Luan is an ecosystem builder, angel investor, and recovering entrepreneur. Prior to Ignite, she worked at an impact-focused Accelerator to build their global ecosystem advisory practice and strategic program operations, which allowed her to work with startups and investors in 40+ communities across the globe. Luan also spent the formative years of her career working in operations within the Commercial Real Estate industry. Having successfully exited her own venture, she continues to be active in the entrepreneurial community as an angel investor and advisor.
Luan earned her Bachelor’s of Commerce with Honors from the University of Manitoba, a Masters in Business Administration from Queen’s University, and a Certificate in Social Impact from Queen’s University.
Partner, Risk Advisory Services, Western Canada, BDO Canada LLP
