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Sapien Capital’s founder, Paul Gibson, also provides several boutique-quality specialized advisory services.
An expert in the field of family-operated enterprises including succession, leadership transition, coaching, and inter-generational challenges, Paul serves family businesses from $10 million to $2 billion; from a few family members to dozens.
An ICD-certified Director, Paul’s extensive personal governance experience allows him to act as an independent director for boards, as well as to provide structural, development, and recruitment guidance for the creation and operation of advisory and supervisory boards.
Sapien Services
Private Family Enterprise
Focus On Family Challenges
We coach and advise family members on how to lead, how to fulfill their potential without conflict, how to address issues with non-family professionals, and how to mediate the inter-generational challenges.
Structure for success
Family enterprises need structure as much, or more, than others – family councils to address education and resolve issues, advisory boards to bring professional governance, and disciplined practices for succession, performance appraisal and compensation to list a few.
Navigate Change
We help navigate transitions in leadership, culture change and the introduction of new family members to the business. Benefit from our skilled change management practices including communications, coaching, feedback systems and human capital management skills.
Our Expertise
Families We've Served
Three decades of work with family businesses allows Paul to bring expertise to the unique nature of family-run enterprises with a focus on the Human Capital and inter-generational challenges.
- Noma Industries (Beck Family)
- Palliser Furniture (DeFehr Family)
- Mattamy Homes (Gilgan Family)
- IKO Industries (Kocschitzky Family)
- Stewart Group (Morris Family)
- Sheridan Electric (Nightingale Family)
- Roni Group (Niro Family)
- Maple Reinders (Reinders Family)
- Rice Developments (Rice Family)
- Proceco (Schauer Family)
- Branthaven Homes (Stipsits Family)
Sapien Services
Governance & Board of Directors
Design a board that works
Our team provides strategic guidance on decisions to form an advisory or supervisory board including size, structure, operating policies and supports, including acting in a board.
Director Recruitment & Evaluation
Lean on our experience and processes to help with professional and objective director selection as well as executing board assignments to recruit CEO or other executives.
Expertise & education
Benefit from the advice and development of governance practices, evaluations, compensation, and delivery of Director education to meet requirements and to ensure your board succeeds.
- MTE Consultants - Civil Engineering
- Hamilton Health Sciences - Regional Healthcare Network
- AlphaPlus (Chair) - Literacy Technology
- HOA Corp. - Mortgage Brokerage & Financial
- Daisy Intelligence - Artificial Intelligence Software
- WaterTAP (Vice-Chair) - Water Technology Accelerator
- Proceco Limited - Heavy Equipment Manufacturer
- Mohawk SSO Inc. - Supply Chain Management
- University of Guelph - Leading Ontario University
- West Park Healthcare Centre - Rehab Hospital
- IKO Industries - Building Materials Manufacturer
- Goodman School of Business - Dean's Advisory Board
- Maple Reinder's Group - General Contractor
- OpenWorm Foundation - Artificial Intelligence
Our expertise
Board Engagements
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