Grants & SR&ED
Ayming Canada, a global consulting firm which specializes in helping businesses claim SR&ED tax credits and government funding. Ayming supports startups by shedding light on the current opportunities for federal and provincial grants, IRAP and SR&ED to access funds in order to scale up their business and increase their competitive advantage.
Harry Singh
Managing Director & President, Canada
Harry is an international consulting and global leader in government funding and tax credits in over 15 countries globally. Heading the team nationally, he has been instrumental in the growth of Ayming’s business across Canada and successfully manages over 3,000 government funding strategies per year. He has a proven track record of exceeding client expectations through strong knowledge, communications, results, and good business judgment. Harry has over 15 years of experience working with both the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Tax Credit program and government grant incentives. As a strategic advisor, he counsels key stakeholders on the funding landscape by identifying opportunities that would provide the highest return on investment for future initiatives, and strategies to increase earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and improve operations. Ayming successfully secures over $1.5 Billion for its clients annually.
Richard Taylor
National Director of Innovation Funding, Startups & Entrepreneurs
Richard has a diverse 40-year background in manufacturing, senior management, board governance, management consulting & government funding. His Engineering degree has honed his skills as a creative, technical, scientific & business writer. His works have included the preparation of SR&ED claims and government funding for his clients totalling over $5 Million, operation manuals for organizations, board policy manuals, quality manuals for ISO certification, speeches and presentations and magazine, website and blog articles.
Darcy McNamara
Director of Sales, Central Canada
Darcy’s history of success comprises over 20 years of solution and consultative sales, complemented by extensive experience in business growth and development. With an innate capability to develop professional relationships with clients, partners, stakeholders, and executive management, Darcy is acknowledged for strengthening companies to lead in highly competitive markets and delivering innovative problem-solving concepts along with strategies to meet and sustain optimal business growth.
Cherinne Bekheet
Associate Director of Business Strategy and Human Resources
Cherinne is a graduate from one of the best French business schools. Cherinne helps advising companies on the best growth strategies they could adopt to scale up rapidly while creating a long-term reliable organizational structure. Cherinne has been working at Ayming for the past 4 years and is committed to ensure that we help all the companies that are working with us gets the best in-class service.
Josh McQuarrie
Director of Government Funding and Incentives
Josh is a MBA graduate from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. At Ayming, Josh oversees a team of talented consultants across North America that is dedicated to aligning client-specific objectives and political mandates to secure and accelerate business growth through non-dilutive funding. While business acumen and public policy comprehension are critical to success, Josh is also committed to the highest level of client service to deliver fruitful and meaningful results to his clients.