Adarsh Badesha

Insurance has been part of Adarsh Badesha's life for as long as he can remember. His mother has worked in the industry since 1996, and he grew up visiting the brokerages where she built her career, developing an early appreciation for the trust clients place in their brokers and the responsibility that comes with it. That foundation, though, was only the starting point of a deliberately unconventional route into the business. Adarsh earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta, specializing in neuroanatomy, and conducted neurophysiology research in the JJ Neuro Lab.

His scientific training carried him into deep technology. At Interface Fluidics, a nanotechnology oil and gas servicing firm based out of the National Institute of Nanotechnology, he worked at the intersection of engineering and applied science. He went on to co-found FentaGone, a startup developing fentanyl-detection technology, where he earned both national and international recognition as a young founder and operator. By his mid-twenties, Adarsh had already established himself as a company builder, someone capable of taking an idea from concept to funded, recognized venture.

During the pandemic, Adarsh brought that builder's mindset to MyBrokers, stepping into the brokerage to help drive its next phase of growth. He has progressed through every level of the business, from Account Assistant to Account Manager to Account Executive, and now serves as the firm's Level 3 Designated Representative. Today he specializes in construction insurance and in the emerging industries that traditional brokerages often struggle to serve, including medtech, fintech, and e-commerce. His background as a scientist and founder gives him a rare fluency in the risks these companies actually face, and the language to discuss them with the people who run them.

At MyBrokers, Adarsh's focus has been national growth. He has worked to expand the brokerage's reach across Canada, introducing new facilities and markets so the firm can serve a broader and more sophisticated client base. MyBrokers pairs the backing of one of the country's largest brokerage networks with the responsiveness of an independent, founder-led shop. The ambition is straightforward: to build one of Canada's leading commercial brokerages, defined less by its size than by the depth of expertise it brings to the industries it serves.

Central to that vision is technology. Adarsh is focused on bringing modern tools and intelligent automation into the brokerage, streamlining broker workflows and elevating the client experience at every touchpoint. He believes the future of insurance brokering belongs to firms that pair genuine industry expertise with the precision and efficiency that technology makes possible, and he is building MyBrokers to be one of them.