People who have sat where the operator sits.
Automotive M&A, commercial finance, capital markets and analytics — assembled around one conviction: capital works best when it is delivered by people who understand the business receiving it.
Maxime Théorêt, CPA
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
CPA and serial entrepreneur with two decades inside automotive M&A and operations. Founded AutoCap in 2014 and merged it with DSMA in 2016, scaling the firm into the largest M&A advisory in North American automotive — 500+ transactions and over $10B in transacted value. Co-founder of QUOTUS, an automotive data and software platform, and architect of DRIVE's investment thesis across capital, real estate and operating partnerships.
Jean-Philippe Lespérance, CPA, CFA
Partner, Capital Markets & Wealth Strategy
Founder and Principal of Parker Family Office, and Portfolio Manager at Demos Family Wealth Management (Raymond James Investment Counsel). Began his career as an auditor at one of the Big Four in Montreal before spending six years at a Big Six Canadian bank across Bay Street in Toronto and Place Ville Marie in Montreal. Advises entrepreneurs and business owners on tax-efficient structures, succession and intergenerational wealth — bringing institutional capital markets discipline to DRIVE's investment and family-office strategy.
Michael Torossian
Partner
A true entrepreneur who has built and scaled multiple businesses alongside a substantial real estate portfolio. Investor across a broad range of industries with hands-on operating experience in markets around the world. At DRIVE, he brings an owner-operator perspective to sourcing, structuring and building long-term value with founders and their teams.
Roberto D'Errico
Director, Business Development
Over a decade at Scotiabank in commercial automotive finance, progressing from Area Sales Manager to Senior Relationship Manager for the mid-market segment. Structured and underwrote acquisition financing, floorplan, real estate and capital expansion facilities for automotive groups across Canada. At DRIVE, leads originations, relationships and capital structuring for acquisitions, real estate and growth financing.
Jordan Steevenz
Business Development
Focused on origination and relationship development across DRIVE's automotive and diversified mandates. Works directly with entrepreneurs and operators to understand their growth ambitions, surface partnership opportunities and bring them into DRIVE's investment process.
Nicolas Gay-Hubaux
Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst supporting investment underwriting, financial modeling and portfolio analytics across DRIVE's automotive and diversified mandates. Honours BCom candidate at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management, concentrating in Finance and Accounting, with prior analyst experience at QUOTUS building financial intelligence and KPI frameworks.
Michael Caruso
Strategic Advisor
Legal counsel at Miller Thomson LLP, advising businesses and their owners on corporate and commercial matters, transactions and structuring. Brings legal and transactional rigour to DRIVE's acquisitions, partnership agreements and real estate structures, helping ensure every deal is documented with the same discipline it is underwritten.