Benjamin Bergen
Benjamin Bergen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA), a nonprofit organization representing over 320 member firms that deploy private capital across Canada. He assumed the CEO role on January 5, 2026, after serving as President of the Council of Canadian Innovators, where he spent nearly a decade working on innovation policy, competitiveness, and regulatory reform. He currently serves on Canada's National AI Task Force and is a founding board member of the Canadian SHIELD Institute.
“What we can control is how we respond at this critical moment. The government should immediately deploy the capital already committed, create new opportunities to attract international capital beyond the United States, and be courageous in reforming our fiscal framework.”
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