Areas of Expertise
  • Business transformation
  • Restructuring and turnaround
  • Integration
  • Growth strategy
  • M&A transaction support
Education
  • BCom- University of Toronto

Dean is the chair of Sapling’s Advisory Council, and a financial adviser to entrepreneurs and significant investors. Formerly, he was a Senior Tax Partner at PWC and he earned his Bachelor of Commerce at University of Toronto.

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  • Sell-Side Quality of Earnings
    • August 26, 2026

    A B2B distributor selling to major retailers in the U.S. engaged Sapling to perform a sell-side Quality of Earnings review to support the planned sale of the business. The engagement focused on reconstructing and validating historical financial performance using transaction-level data, bank activity, inventory records,...

  • Project Pipeline and 3-Statement Model
    • August 3, 2026

    A heavy civil construction contractor running operations across several entities asked Sapling to build a management model that delivers private equity-level, best-in-class budgeting and scenario planning. The goal was a 3-statement model and dashboard that builds up from the project pipeline, so the team could...

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