About Us

 

Prior to founding Acorn Partners, Mr. Kemball co-founded a financial services firm as well as founding Kemball Fund Management, a Limited Market Dealer specialized in raising funds for early stage firms. This business evolved out of his earlier firm, Practical Concepts Inc., which provided management consulting and policy advice to government and business.

Mr. Kemball has also held positions with Coopers and Lybrand in Ottawa and Operations Research Inc. in Washington DC. He was employed by The Treasury Board of the Canadian Federal Government, DuPont of Canada and The Industrial Development Bank (now BDC).

 

Mr. Kemball served as Chairman of the Ottawa Carleton Economic Development Corporation’s (now OCRI) committee on venture capital and as a member of the board of the Innovation Centre at the University of Ottawa. Peter holds an Engineering degree and an MBA from McGill University and a BA from Concordia.

 

 

Bonnie has over 25 years experience in senior financial positions in technology companies in the Ottawa area, including time spent with large company spin-offs, like TMI Communications, public company situations, such as BIO LOGICALS, and green-field start-ups, such as Atsana Semiconductor. To add value to her client base, Bonnie also brings several years experience as a venture capitalist with Working Ventures Canadian Fund. Bonnie is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary. She spent the first seven years of her accounting career at Clarkson Gordon (now Ernst & Young).

 

 

 

Rick is a business development professional and entrepreneur with over 30 years experience working with multi national companies to develop new product lines to meet the changing needs of their clients. Through superior customer relations practice, Rick finds solutions to the challenges facing many clients.