A marine solutions provider that has set new standards for sustainable worker housing on water. A food-tech company that has redefined meal planning for Canadian households. A mining industry innovator turning industrial wastewater into opportunity. This year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year – Pacific Region winners and finalists highlight a wide spectrum of innovation and the entrepreneurial drive behind it.
What unites these businesses is not just excellent products and services but also the remarkable journeys of their leaders: individuals who overcame steep odds, drew on diverse backgrounds and strengths and left their industries and communities stronger than they found them. For more than 30 years, BCBusiness has been proud to celebrate these stories of resilience and vision through our ongoing partnership with the EY program. This year, we’re honoured to bring you yet another lineup of 17 trailblazing ventures that continue to raise the bar—for business, for communities and for the future.
Winners
Brian Grange, Bridgemans Services Group (Pacific Region Overall Winner)
Benjamin Sparrow – Saltworks
Kirk Homenick – Naturally Homegrown Foods
Aaron Joe – Salish Soils
Husein Rahemtulla, Becky Brauer, Dhruv Sood – Fresh Prep
James Dean – Oxygen8
Sim Desai, Sarah Huggins, Prab Rattan, Stuart Eccles – Hiive
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Finalists
Soroush Karimzadeh – Novarc Technologies
Cory Wright- William Wright Commercial
Phil Sham – Aquanow
Matt Lewis- Braidy Corporation
Shane Madden, Vahid Shababi – Hydreight Technologies Inc.
Andrew Hansen – Site
Michael Hugerford, Andrew Hungerford – Seven Generations Capital
David Luba, Stephen Emsley, Derrick Emsley, Vik Kambil – Veritree
Joey St-Aubin – Canlan Sports
Sushant Trivedi – Fresh Tracks Canada
