The Globe and Mail Report on Business magazine Announces Best Executives Award Winners 2024
TORONTO, ON - MARCH 7, 2024
Report on Business magazine is pleased to announce the winners of its fifth annual Best Executive Awards. This program celebrates non-CEO leaders at the SVP, EVP and C-suite (or equivalent) levels who are making a strong impact on their business and demonstrating excellent leadership skills.
The 2024 winners represent the best of Canadian leadership in six functional areas: Finance; Human Resources; Operations; Sales and Marketing; Technology; and Sustainability and DEI.
"The Best Executive Awards program was established to spotlight the outstanding non-CEO leaders that are exceeding organizational expectations," says Dawn Calleja, editor, Report on Business magazine. "These winners offer great insight into behind-the-scenes strategy, creative problem solving and leadership that corporate Canada can learn from."
Winning executives were chosen after a call for nominations for non-CEO Canadian leaders at public and private businesses, not-for-profits, associations, and academic institutions as well as nominations from the Report on Business newsroom. Nominations were assessed by the Report on Business editorial team based on career background, leadership style, achievements, and impact.
Winners will be featured in the May 2024 issue of Report on Business magazine, digitally on April 26 and in print on April 27. The Globe and Mail will host the annual Best Executives event to celebrate winners and their achievements on May 21, 2024.
The winners of the 2024 Best Executive Awards are:
Finance
· Andrew Booth, CFO, AbCellera
· Stuart Auld, CFO, Wajax
· Theresa Jang, CFO, Stantec
Human Resources
· Sandy Sharman, Senior Executive Vice-President and Group Head, People, Culture and Brand, CIBC
· Tara Deakin, Chief People Officer, Spin Master
Operations
· Eric Myles, Chief Sport Officer, Canadian Olympic Committee
· Chuck We, EVP, Pacific Northwest/Canada Office Operations, Hudson Pacific
Properties
· Daphne Mallot, Vice-President of Innovation, Groupe Marcelle
· Doug Nathanson, EVP, Chief Development Officer and General Counsel, Empire Co. and Sobeys Inc
· Jennifer Quinn, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners
· Kevin Jackson, President, Oper
· Mahima Poddar, SVP and Group Head, Personal Banking, Equitable Bank
· Mark Miller, COO, Constellation Software, Operations
· Micheline Davies, Senior VP and Chief Merchant, Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire
· Nancy Morison VP, Lab Operations, FYihealth group
· Sharon Geraghty, General Counsel, Great West Life
· Steve Berna, COO, First Nations Finance Authority
Sustainability & DEI
· Ali Hoss, Chief Sustainability Officer, Triovest
· David Simmonds, Global Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, Great-West Lifeco and Canada Life
· Laura Devoni, Director of Strategy, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, Algoma Steel
· Mark Podlasly, Chief Sustainability Officer, First Nations Major Projects Coalition
Technology
· Ehsan Mokhtari, CTO, ChargeLab
· Jonathan Goler EVP, Chief Risk Officer, Propel
· Laura Money, EVP, Chief Information and Technology Innovation officer, Sun Life Financial
· Lauren Steinberg, SVP, Media, Loyalty and Loblaw Digital, Loblaw
· Lori Bieda, Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the North American Personal and Business Bank and Head of Enterprise CRM, BMO
· Luigi, Pozzebon, VP, Satellite Systems, MDA
· Roberto Cipriani, CTO & COO, Paper
· Somen Mondal, General Manager, Dayforce Talent, Dayforce (formerly Ceridian)
Sales and Marketing
· Jordan Cole, Chief Commercial Officer, Hydrostor
· Lisa Mazurkewich, Head of Marketing, Canada, Subway Canada
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