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OWNER & BROKER

As a daughter of an entrepreneur, Natali was involved in a family business from a young age and developed a strong passion for business. She knew that one day she too wanted to be an entrepreneur but, like many others, she didn’t know how to get there. She was overwhelmed by the choices and nervous to make the wrong one.

With a degree in Business Communications and post-graduate education in Human Resources Management, she spent the majority of her corporate career in Training and Development roles. She has worked in both small businesses and large corporations and understands how easy it is for people to get stuck in the rat race.

One of those roles was in a franchise company headquarters where she had the opportunity to learn about the franchise industry. In her position, she provided training for new and existing franchisees in order to improve their performance and ensure their success.

After learning about franchise brokers, she knew this was the right fit for her. She is passionate about helping others become entrepreneurs and truly enjoys guiding them through the process. Being a franchise consultant gives Natali the opportunity to achieve her own goal of business ownership, while helping others achieve the same.

BROKER

Brett Hubner is a Lifestyle Associate and the Western Canada representative for Top Franchise Broker. Brett specializes in finding remote opportunities for people that desire a change from the traditional work/life balance. Brett has an extensive Sales and Marketing background, most recently digital media. He also dabbles in Lead Generation and runs an Amazon store in the U.S.. In 2019, he and his wife left the corporate life in Vancouver to work remotely from Whistler and wherever else they might travel to. He enjoys all that Whistler has to offer including mountain biking, trail running, SUPing, downhill and cross country skiing. Brett freely admits his biggest fault is sitting in an office all day.

Scott Gillis was born in Antigonish Nova Scotia and spent his childhood in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. His adult life up until 2011 was spent in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Then he spent five years in Thunder Bay, Ontario, two years in Winnipeg, Manitoba and finally settling in London, Ontario in 2018.

He is a business graduate of the University of New Brunswick. He has advanced his education through course work at Sobeys School of Business, Rotman School of Business and the Ivey Leadership Program at Western University. Learning and professional development have always been an integral part of his career.

Scott’s career has been built and progressed across a breadth of sales, marketing, business development, strategic and customer focused roles within pharmaceutical, healthcare, innovative research and information/communication technology. These companies include GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Inc., Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Tbaytel Inc., Bell MTS and Rogers. He is known as a leader that has rallied his teams around a vision and defined strategy. He has mentored, trained and managed some of the most successful sales people within these organizations.

Scott currently owns his own company which includes two Rocky Mountain Chocolate stores in London and Stratford, Ontario. He has been able to grow sales while operating in a pandemic in 2021 and 2022. Scott’s source of pride is that he has been sought out for his insights, recognized for his ability to influence and motivate, as well strong leadership, communication, and business capabilities. He is passionate about community involvement and has been on volunteer boards for organizations that help indigenous children, innovative entrepreneurs, the life sciences and homeless youth.