Dr. Brent Mainprize

Dr. Brent Mainprize, MBA, PhD, is an award-winning professor at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship and Indigenous economic development. Brent has over 17 years’ experience as an entrepreneurship educator, academic, and facilitator of economic change in Indigenous communities. Brent has held entrepreneurial management positions in the telecommunications high tech sector and continues to balance academic and new venture pursuits. Brent has secured venture capital as an entrepreneur and as a consultant helping high growth companies. As a management consultant, Brent has helped high growth companies secure large private equity placements, prepared for acquisition, and developed a variety of financial models and marketing solutions.
He brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the Nisg̱a’a Growth Corporation.