Mike Winterfield

Managing Partner, Active Impact Investments

Mike has spent over 20 years in executive roles in software, professional recruitment and venture capital. Mike founded Active Impact, a climate tech VC fund with $70M AUM after his role as COO at Traction on Demand and President of Traction Rec. Prior to that he was President of Randstad Professionals, running $300M in revenue and placing thousands of people in key roles. Mike brings strong expertise in enterprise sales leadership and building high performing teams. He’s an advisor at several accelerators including CDL Vancouver Climate and Spring Activator, and serves on the Board of Directors at ChopValue, GoJava, Railvision and Sametrica.

Mike has a Queen’s BSC, INSEAD exec MBA and got his board training through the Beedie Directors Education Program (DEP). He’s also an avid lover of nature and any form of outdoor activity or experience.