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The Globe and Mail Report on Business magazine Announces Canada’s Top Five CEOS of 2022
CEO of the Year to be announced on November 23, 2022
TORONTO (September 22, 2022)
The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine today announced Canada’s top leaders of 2022 as part of its annual CEO of the Year award feature. The five CEOs exhibit the best of Canadian corporate leadership, innovation, vision, and responsibility.
“The purpose of the CEO of the Year awards is to highlight exemplary business leadership in Canada,” says Dawn Calleja, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “And these five leaders do just that with their proven track records in innovation, strategy and more.”
The five winning CEOs are:
Corporate Citizen of the Year: Barbara Zvan, president and CEO, University Pension Plan
Awarded to a CEO whose personal leadership exemplifies the idea that businesses can do well by doing good. This leader’s decisions have made his/her company an excellent corporate citizen via its environmental, social, advocacy, community and/or other corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Global Visionary of the Year: Alex L’Heureux, president and CEO, WSP Global
Awarded to a CEO who has successfully expanded the scope of his or her organization beyond Canada’s borders. The winner demonstrates an exceptional understanding of international commerce and shrewd eye for choosing markets, establishing timelines and forging the connections needed to build a global brand.
Innovator of the Year: Ann Fandozzi, CEO, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Awarded to a CEO whose vision and guidance has been instrumental in the successful creation and commercialization of a truly disruptive product or service, and/or who has pioneered a groundbreaking way of doing business.
New CEO of the Year: Sophie Brochu, president and CEO, Hydro-Quebec
Recognizing a CEO with less than three years of tenure in his or her current role, who has had a significant impact on the company and its strategy
Strategist of the Year: Rowan Saunders, president and CEO, Definity Financial
Awarded to a CEO whose bold decisions have materially changed and improved the strategic position of his or her business.
All five winners will be profiled editorially in the December issue of Report on Business magazine, out online on Thursday, November 24 and in print on Saturday, November 26.
This year, the CEO of the Year gala will take place on November 23 at The Globe and Mail Centre. This is an exclusive in-person event to honor the 2022 winners and reveal the overall CEO of the Year.
The award-winning Report on Business editorial team drew on their deep industry and market knowledge, shrewd analytical capabilities and unbiased perspectives to nominate, debate and vote on the winners in all categories. The CEO must lead a Canadian company (public or private), or the Canadian arm of an international corporation, or a not-for-profit organization. Because great leadership exists through collaboration, the company led by each winner must also demonstrate proof of sustained organizational success.
Report on Business magazine is the magazine for leaders, providing exclusive, intelligent business and financial journalism in the public interest on Canadian business, the economy and investments, to help readers manage their companies, their careers and their wealth to 2.3 million print and digital readers.
For more information on the CEO of the Year program or the November 23 gala, please contact Fiona Collie, Program Manager, Business and Financial Products, The Globe and Mail at fcollie@globeandmail.com.
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