Board of Directors
Brian L. Derksen
DIRECTOR
Brian L. Derksen
DIRECTOR
Brian is a director on the Board for Dye & Durham. In addition, he currently serves on board of directors of 3 other companies, including Oneok, Inc, Fish Technologies LLC and Brookshire Grocery Company.
Brian had a 36-year career with Deloitte LLP before retiring in 2014. During his tenure with Deloitte, he held many senior management roles including the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer and a position on Deloitte’s Global Board of Directors for 12 years. Brian also previously served on the national Board of the American Red Cross, the national Board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Visitors of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Brian holds a BSc. from the University of Saskatchewan, an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant.
Matthew Proud
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Matthew Proud
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Matthew has been at the forefront of driving innovation and meaningful transformations within the Canadian legal services industry. His extensive strategic business and operations experience has been the driving force behind Dye & Durham’s exceptional growth.
Under Matthew’s leadership, Dye & Durham’s business has grown through multiple acquisitions and partnerships. Matthew is passionate about the continual reinforcement of Dye & Durham’s vision, values, and goals to drive clarity and purpose for the business.
In 2018, Matthew’s leadership was recognized when he was announced as one of CNW Group/The Caldwell Partners International Inc.’s Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honourees. Matthew holds a BA from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Buckingham.
Peter C. Brimm
DIRECTOR
Peter C. Brimm
DIRECTOR
Peter C. Brimm has over 20 years of capital allocation, investing, and operating experience across multiple industries as a strategy and operations consultant, C-Suite executive, and investor.
Mr. Brimm is currently the President of Envoy Holdings, a family office. Prior to this position, Mr. Brimm was the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation for Shiplake Properties, a Toronto-based real estate firm. Previously to that, Mr. Brimm served as the Chief Growth Officer at Leap Tool Inc., where he helped build out the businesses capabilities and helped the business achieve significant revenue growth (qualifying for the Deloitte Fast50 for two consecutive years). He has also held various roles working as a portfolio manager for several leading hedge funds in the US and in Canada, including Relational Investors and West Face Capital Inc., among others. Mr. Brimm holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business with certificates in Global Management and Public Management and a B.A. cum laude in Business Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Brimm is a member of the CFA institute. Mr. Brimm is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Colleen Moorehead
CHAIR
Colleen Moorehead
CHAIR
Colleen is the former Chief Client Officer at Osler, retiring from Osler in February 2024. In this role, she focused on building and deepening client relationships while providing advice and guidance on new markets and business development opportunities.
Colleen was a founder, director and president of E*TRADE Canada (ETC-T), building the firm from its pioneering roots as an ecommerce start-up the largest independent online investment firm in Canada until its sale to Scotiabank in 2008. She has also held several other senior roles in the financial services industry that spans over 35 years at Merrill Lynch, CIBC World Markets, Signal Hill Private Equity and East Coast Asset Management. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Solium (SUM-T) for almost 10 years, until it was acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2019. She was also a past director of Merrco Payments processing.
Colleen is a respected business leader with senior management experience in financial services, technology, business and web-based services.
Colleen is an operating advisor of Vertu Capital, member of the advisory boards of NovaCap Financial Services Fund and INovia Venture Capital. She is incoming chair and serves on the board of directors of Dye & Durham. She is also co-chair of Kids Help Fund Capital Campaign.
Edward D. (Ted) Prittie
Director
Edward D. (Ted) Prittie
Director
Edward D. (Ted) Prittie is currently Chief Executive Officer of RIM Incorporated. RIM is a Joint Venture with Iron Mountain. Ted is the majority owner, with Iron Mountain holding a minority shareholding.
RIM is focused on building the leading document storage business in Sub-saharan Africa. Prior to founding RIM, Ted was the founder of DocuGuard Ltd., the leading document storage company in Eastern Europe. DocuGuard was acquired by Iron Mountain in 2004, after which Ted joined the senior executive team of Iron Mountain as SVP Emerging Markets and for 14 years was responsible for Iron Mountain’s Emerging Markets business unit and Emerging markets M&A. During his time at Iron Mountain, Ted was responsible for Iron Mountain entering 15 new countries and acquiring 35+ companies. Ted holds a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. Ted is based in Budapest, Hungary where he has resided since 1990.
Ronnie Wahi
Director
Ronnie Wahi
Director
Ronnie is a partner in a public practice CPA firm and a seasoned Financial Officer, with experience in Operations, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions. He has over 25 years of experience focused around building technology companies.
Ronnie held a variety of senior positions throughout his career, including CFO for Dye & Durham Corporation from its inception through to 2018. During his time as the CFO for the company, he led the finance function through multiple acquisitions and significant growth. Ronnie was also one of the original shareholders in OneMove Technologies, a predecessor to the Company.
Ronnie holds a BSc in Computing Science from Staffordshire University, and a CPA, CMA designation from the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia.
Leadership Team
Matthew Proud
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Matthew Proud
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Matthew has been at the forefront of driving innovation and meaningful transformations within the Canadian legal services industry. His extensive strategic business and operations experience has been the driving force behind Dye & Durham’s exceptional growth.
Under Matthew’s leadership, Dye & Durham’s business has grown through multiple acquisitions and partnerships. Matthew is passionate about the continual reinforcement of Dye & Durham’s vision, values, and goals to drive clarity and purpose for the business.
In 2018, Matthew’s leadership was recognized when he was announced as one of CNW Group/The Caldwell Partners International Inc.’s Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honourees. Matthew holds a BA from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Buckingham.
Martha Vallance
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Martha Vallance
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Martha has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate finance matters. Martha previously spent 12 years in Investment & Corporate Banking at BMO Capital Markets, most recently holding senior roles within their mergers and acquisitions and Equity Capital Markets teams.
In this capacity, she supported companies in achieving their strategic objectives by advising them on complex transactions relating to acquisitions and sales (in each case, of both public companies and privately held assets), mergers, joint ventures and equity capital raising activities. In addition, Martha recently served as a Director on the Board of TMAC Resources, a TSX listed mining company, during the sale of the company which concluded in January 2021.
Martha holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Scott Bleasdell
CHIEF PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Scott Bleasdell
CHIEF PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
As Chief Product & Technology Officer at Dye & Durham, Scott is responsible for developing and executing the product strategy for the organization’s portfolio of products that deliver legal professionals the tools they need to best service their clients, across areas like practice management, search and due diligence and more.
Scott Bleasdell is a seasoned Product Management Executive with over 19 years of experience building and delivering innovative software solutions in legal tech, telecommunications, IT systems management, and network security products.
Throughout his career at companies like CallRevu, Net2Phone, BMC Software, and Microsoft, Scott has consistently delivered transformative results, significantly improving customer satisfaction metrics, optimizing operational costs and reversing declining revenues into double-digit growth. His expertise spans multi-dimensional AI solutions, product-led growth strategies and talent development.
Scott's thought leadership has been featured in industry publications and events, showcasing his insights on AI technology and conversational intelligence in numerous sectors.
Frank Di Liso
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Frank Di Liso
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Frank leads Dye & Durham's finance and administration functions globally and is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of progressively senior finance experience, including the role of interim Chief Financial Officer at TMX Group Limited, which he held from August 2020 to June 2021.
He has also served as CFO of the Canadian Depository of Securities since 2018, and Treasurer of the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation since 2014. Prior to joining TMX Group, Frank held senior roles in the finance departments at Bell Canada and Rogers Communications. He obtained his Chartered Accountant designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 2001 and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Business Administration degree (Honours).