Meet the Team

Adam Spence is a co-founder of the Bloom Local Food Fund and the CEO and Director of Social Venture Connexion (SVX). Adam helped start up VERGE Capital, the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, B Lab Canada, the MaRS Catalyst Fund (now Amplify Capital), and the School for Social Entrepreneurs – Ontario. He was Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) and he led a number of higher education and training organizations. Adam has spoken to audiences across the country on issues related to education, poverty, and impact investing and he has been featured in numerous media outlets, including CNN, TVO, CTV, CBC Television and Radio, BNN, Forbes, GlobalTV, the Toronto Star, the Financial Post, and the Globe & Mail. In 2002, Adam was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Gold Medal, in 2012 Adam was named one of McMaster University’s 125 People of Impact, an honour given to McMaster staff and alumni who have made the greatest impact over the past 125 years, and in 2014 Adam was named one of Seven Canadians Thinking Big by the Toronto Star.

Kevin is a serial entrepreneur with a background in technology and management consulting. He leads the Fund Design and Management practice at SVX, a diversified, non-profit financial services firm driving impact for investors, organizations, funds, and enterprises. Kevin also heads up the SVX US Operations. He received his MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Ameeta Vijay is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) with over 20 years of extensive regulatory, compliance, audit, risk management and international work experience. At PriceWaterhouseCoopers, she specialized in the audit of investment companies, after which she joined the Bermuda Monetary Authority, operationalized a compliance monitoring regime, risk assessment programs, managed a $100M fixed income portfolio and conducted investigations and enforcement work. She later joined Fidelity Investments International where she developed its local regulatory regime. Ameeta is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of SVX, where she oversees compliance with corporate policies, relevant laws and regulations, as well as governance and financial operations. She is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of compliance policies, operational procedures and internal control processes for the Bloom Local Food Fund.

Nazm is an Applied Math student at Western University. Prior to SVX, Nazm has internship experience within the social impact space, particularly in impact measurement and social finance. At SVX, Nazm supports the Fund Design and Management team.