Merchant Growth

David Gens is founder and CEO of Merchant Growth, an online small business finance company with offices in Toronto and Vancouver. He has received recognition for his work in the financial services sector and in supporting Canadian small business financing.

Anastasia Hambali is Director of Partnerships and Business Development at Merchant Growth and a Venture Partner at Side Door VC. With over 15 years of experience in go-to-market strategy and partnerships, she previously built partner programs at Boast.AI that generated multi-seven-figure revenue, including a partnership that delivered $500K+ in new revenue and doubled partner-sourced close rates. She is an angel investor and advisor to over 100 startups, a founding team member at Farm At Hand and GrowLab, and serves on the board of the Immigration Employment Council of BC.

Aziz Ahmed serves as Executive Vice President of Technology at Merchant Growth. He has experience in leadership, systems architecture, and strategic project management at a fintech startup that ranked among Vancouver's top 10 fastest growing companies for two consecutive years.

Dimitri Kosturos serves as President and CEO of VWR Capital Corp., a mortgage lender operating since 1994 that specializes in first, second, and third mortgages on residential real estate across five Canadian provinces. The firm administers over $750 million in mortgages and works with mortgage brokers, offering training support to partners.

Edmond Luk is Vice President of Partnerships at Merchant Growth with senior-level experience in sales, business development, and strategic partnerships across SaaS, finance, technology, agriculture, and sustainability sectors. He has led initiatives including e-commerce platform development, the FreshHub controlled environment technology at CubicFarm, and partnership programs at MacKay CEO Forums that connected executives with service providers. Luk is trilingual in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese with conversational French proficiency.

Oliver Paines is Director of Operations at Merchant Growth. He has background in financial services and holds a degree from the University of Brighton, with experience in research, customer service, retail, and inventory management.

Sarah Lilley is a Chartered Professional Accountant serving as Controller at Merchant Growth Ltd. With over 20 years of experience in corporate accounting, she specializes in financial reporting, variance analysis, investor relations, and payroll management. Her background includes employee training, policy development, and process optimization across accounting functions.

Sean Watkins is Vice President of Marketing at Merchant Growth Ltd., where he oversees performance marketing and brand initiatives across the company's product portfolio. With over 10 years of experience in B2B SaaS and B2B fintech marketing, he leads teams focused on customer acquisition, revenue growth, and sales-marketing alignment. His responsibilities include developing marketing strategies targeting Canadian business owners and managing brand awareness and conversion efforts.

EVP of U.S. Core Services leading expansion of Peerage Realty Partners' mortgage, title and insurance businesses, joining from a 15-year career at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.

Hash Aboulhosn is Chief Growth Officer at Merchant Growth, working in financial services with a focus on strategy, technology, and operations. He has founded and scaled businesses reaching close to $1 billion in origination and has raised more than $200 million in capital. His work spans capital structure design, technology and data platform development, and operational optimization across both new ventures and established organizations.