The Environmental Contracting Team You Can Trust

Jeffrey W. Clarke

Chair of the Board, President & CEO

As Chair of the Board, President & CEO of Inflector Environmental Services, Jeff is responsible for developing high-level strategies, building strategic client relationships and leading operations nationally. Inflector has seen exponential growth under Jeff’s leadership, emerging as one of Canada’s top environmental contractors and executing some of the largest-scale remediation projects in Canadian history. Jeff credits much of Inflector’s success to the drive and passion of its over 500 dedicated employees, instilled by the progressive culture Jeff has worked hard to evolve.

Jeff’s passion for the industry and community spans far beyond Inflector. He is on the Board of Directors for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation and supports an array of charitable foundations through The Clarke Walsh Family Foundation. Jeff’s ability to lead, impact and inspire others is widely recognized by key stakeholders and organizations across the industry. Jeff’s impact received national recognition as he was honoured as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40® in 2020.

Tony Sottile

Chair of the Audit Committee & Director

Tony Sottile is a Professional Engineer with experience in the mechanical contracting industry since 1984.

Has Inflector past Sr. Vice President Strategic Initiatives, he primarily worked with the executive team to plan and execute growth strategies, while also assisting in the planning and implementation of internal processes that propel Inflector toward successful project completion.

Prior to his role at Inflector, Mr. Sottile worked with Modern Mechanical, the founding organization of Modern Niagara Group, of which he became a partner in 1993. He advanced to CEO from 2004 to 2016, guiding a substantial period of growth for the company. Outside of this executive experience, he has worked in various commercial and institutional construction sectors such as health care, data centres, commercial buildings, education and laboratories.

Mr. Sottile has served as the Chairman of the Ottawa Construction Association (OCA), as well as the Chairman of the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Ottawa and the Canadian Mechanical Contractors Education Foundation (CMCEF). He is on the Board of Governors of The Ottawa Hospital and sits on various private sector boards.

D.E. Gordon Cudney

Director & Sr. Vice-President Corporate Development

As Sr. Vice-President, Corporate Development, Gordon Cudney leads our mergers and acquisitions team. He is responsible for executing Inflector’s growth strategy by way of the acquisition (and subsequent integration) of targets across Canada.

Prior to joining Inflector, Mr. Cudney was an equity partner at Gowling WLG specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, secured transactions and business succession planning.

Mr. Cudney has a BAH in Political History from Queen’s University, a Master’s degree from the University of Ottawa and his LLB from Dalhousie University.

Mr. Cudney is Past-Chair of the Board of the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health (2018-2021) having received an Inspiration Award (the Foundation’s highest honour) in 2018 for his leadership and advocacy work in mental health. In 2004, Mr. Cudney played and walked 12 rounds of golf in a single day averaging 83.6 strokes/round raising $60,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society as a tribute to his late mother Sheila.

Deian Kutev

Director

As a Senior Member of Fengate Private Equity, Deian Kutev is predominantly responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing targeted investment opportunities within North America. Notable prior transactions include Ecotex Healthcare Linen Services, Cricket Energy, eStruxture Data Centers, York1, GraceMed, and Inflector Environmental Services. Mr. Kutev currently serves on the board of GraceMed and Inflector, and previously served as a board member of Ecotex.

Mr. Kutev joined Fengate in 2015 and helped establish the firm’s private equity business in 2016 alongside the current Group Head. Prior to joining Fengate, he held several investment banking roles at TD Securities in both Toronto and Vancouver where he focused on M&A, capital raising, and relationship management across a variety of industries. Prior to TD, Deian worked at GrowthWorks Capital.

Mr. Kutev is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from the University of British Columbia.

Lawrence Tjan

Director & Chief Financial Officer

As Value Creation Director of Fengate Private Equity, Lawrence Tjan is responsible for late-stage execution of new investments, portfolio management and the implementation of value creation initiatives. With operational experience in finance, information systems and post-acquisition integration, he supports Fengate’s portfolio companies in achieving transformational growth and meeting their business goals.

Prior to joining Fengate, Mr. Tjan was a consultant to various venture capital, private equity, and infrastructure investment firms, including Birch Hill Equity Partners and Bastion Infrastructure Group. Before entering the alternative investing space, Lawrence was a Finance Director at Vodafone Group in both Canada and the U.S. where he was involved in financial planning and accounting management, as well as, overseeing Vodafone’s governance team at Vodafone’s U.S. wireless joint venture, Verizon Wireless.