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Report on business magazine announces best executive awards 2023
TORONTO (March 9, 2023)
Report on Business magazine is pleased to announce the winners of its fourth annual Best Executive Awards. This program celebrates non-CEO leaders at the SVP, EVP and C-suite (or equivalent) levels who are making an exceptional impact on their business and showing outstanding leadership skills.
The 2023 winners represent the best of Canadian leadership in five functional areas: Finance; Human Resources; Operations; Sales and Marketing; and Technology.
“The Best Executive Awards are meant to showcase non-CEO leaders who go above and beyond for their organizations,” says Dawn Calleja, editor, Report on Business magazine. “Whether their accomplishments are personal or professional or, more commonly, a bit of both, they have lots to teach us about how to be better leaders and role models for all of corporate Canada.”
Winning executives were chosen after a call for nominations for 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 2023 issue of Report on Business magazine, digitally on April 19 and in print on April 29. Winners will also be invited to share their experiences and insight at the Best Executive Summit on May 3.
The winners of the 2023 Best Executive Awards are:
Finance
· Allison Wolfe, Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Portfolio Management, Oxford Properties
· Aly Khan Musani, Chief Financial Officer, Symend
· Andie Andreou, CFO, SkipTheDishes
· Atul Chandra, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, HomeEquity Bank
· Gord Nelson, Chief Financial Officer, Cineplex
· Imran Gulam, Chief Financial Officer, FYiHealth Group
· Navaid Mansuri, Chief Financial Officer, Dialogue Health Technologies
· Vanessa Kanu, Chief Financial Officer, Telus International
Human Resources
· Dorothy Arturi, Chief People Officer, Q4 Inc.
· Mélanie Lavoie, Senior Vice President, Talent & Culture, Vosker
· Norm Sabapathy, Executive Vice President - People, Communications & Technology, Cadillac Fairview Corporation
Operations
· Alanna Boyd, Senior Vice-President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Sun Life Financial
· Domenic Finelli, President, Canada Pooch Ltd
· Elizabeth Wood, Executive Vice President, CMI Financial Group
· Fion Lee-Madan, COO, Fairly AI Inc.
· Frederick Morency, Vice President, Sustainability, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation, Schneider Electric
· Holly Johnson, Vice President of Robotics and Space Operations, MDA
· Jeremy Auger, Chief Strategy Officer, D2L
· John Bayliss, Executive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer, Walmart Canada
· Jon McKenzie, Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Cenovus
· Justin Adler, Chief Operating Officer, NorthOne
· Loretta Marcoccia, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Global Banking and Markets (GBM), Scotiabank
· Mike McNeil, Vice President, Venturepark Labs
· Paul Teshima, Chief Client Experience Officer, Wealthsimple
· Rebecca Best, Senior Product Manager, Audiobooks & Gated Content, Spotify
· Sarah Nathanson, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Thunderbird
Entertainment
· Shannon Higginson, SVP, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at lululemon, Lululemon
· Silvia Montefiore, Canadian Managing Partner, Business Enablement & Operations (COO), KPMG
· Stacy Kauk, Head of Sustainability, Shopify
· TJ Flood, President, Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire
Sales & Marketing
· Bunmi Adeoye, Senior Vice President, Consumer & Lifestyle, Proof Strategies
· Caroline Grimont, VP Marketing, Harvest ETFs
· Christine Gillies, Chief Product and Marketing Officer, Blackline Safety
· Marilyn Horrick, Senior VP - Ontario Market, Desjardins Group
· Mark Sakamoto, Executive Vice-President, Think Research
· Ryan Ender, President & CFO, Grey Jay Sales & Distribution Ltd
· Sarah Facini, Vice President, Customer Experience and Marketing, Smile.io
· Sri Vemuri, Senior Vice-President, National Sales Manager, Capital Group Canada
Technology
· Adam Haines, Vice President, Product, Blue J Legal
· Anastasia Lou Regen, Principal Director - National Cyber Strategy Lead & North American Technology Led Transformation Lead, Accenture
· Angel Yau-Vandenburg, Chief Data & Technology Officer, Équité Association
· Angela Sim, Chief Technology Resiliency, Experience and Operations Officer, BMO
· Chris Biederman, Chief Technology Officer, Li-Cycle Holdings Corp
· David Berkowits, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, QDoc Inc
· Imen Zitouni, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Intact Lab, Intact Financial Corporation
· Maryam Saeed, Head of Risk, Visa Canada
· Michelle Yeap, Senior Manager, Business Analytics, BMO
· Patrick Lo, National Power & Utilities Lead, Microsoft
· Philip Rees, Chief Technology Officer, Tidal.cloud
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