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EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Pacific Region 2016

More than 1,300 business leaders and VIPs attended the 23rd annual EY (Ernst & Young) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Thirty finalists were feted at the annual gala beginning with a networking reception prior to the awards ceremony with emcee Chris Gailus, Global BC anchor. The Pacific Region overall winner was Dr. Allen Eaves, Stemcell Technologies Inc. president & CEO.

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From Stemcell Technologies: Vivian Lee, senior scientist; Allen Eaves, president & CEO; Helen Sheridan, VP HR; Joan Sheehan, VP sales; Michael Riedel, director of quality control; and Kim Lucas, director of sales



Lui Petrollini, EY partner and Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Pacific Director; and Daniel Frankel, Tap & Barrel founder & CEO



John DeHart, Nurse Next Door co-founder; and Ian Walker, Left Coast Naturals co-founder



From Fluxwerx Illumination: Julie Trant; Lance Howitt, co-founder; Joanne Berman; and Tim Berman, co-founder and president



Saje Natural Wellness co-founders Kate Ross LeBlanc and Jean-Pierre LeBlanc



HME Mobility & Accessibility co-founders Robert Boscacci and Cameron Fleming



Chris McClymont, MAC Holdings Ltd. financial analyst; Marion Lowe, WesternOne Inc. assistant financial reporting manager; and Rick McClymont, MAC Holdings Ltd. president



John Neate Jr., JJ Bean founder & president; and his son Jesse Neate, JJ Bean VP operations



Alistair Vigier, Hart Legal investor relations; and Emma Zhang, Hart Legal business development



Zeeshan Hayat, Prizm Media CEO; and Karina Hayat, Prizm Media president



Cindy Beedie, Powell Place private capital chair; and her husband Ryan Beedie, The Beedie Development Group president



Colleen McMorrow, EY alumni; and Francois Tellier, EY partner and Entrepreneur of the Year Award national director



Makiko Shioyu-Deniz, TIO Networks executive assistant; Hamed Shahbazi, TIO Networks chair & CEO; and his father Moshen Shahbazi



Natalie Doman, Heart & Stroke Foundation past honourary chair; Kyle Washington, Seaspan Corp.executive chairman; Amar Doman, CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. CEO; Jonathan Whitworth, Seaspan Corp. CEO; and Janelle Washington



Peter Armstrong, Rocky Mountaineer founder and the Armstrong Group principal; and David Beck, Wilson M Beck Insurance Services Inc. president



Marc Bourne, TRAKfleet principal; Kelly Bourne, Mercer Human Resource Consulting principal; Mike Bishop, Low Tide Properties Ltd. director of asset management; and Wendy Bishop, Sauder School of Business program manager executive education



Global BC news anchor and emcee Chris Gailus takes the stage



The EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2016


 

Vancouver Convention Centre
September 30, 2016

More than 1,300 business leaders and VIPs attended the 23rd annual EY (Ernst & Young) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Thirty finalists were feted at the annual gala beginning with a networking reception prior to the awards ceremony with emcee Chris Gailus, Global BC anchor. The Pacific Region overall winner was Dr. Allen Eaves, Stemcell Technologies Inc. president & CEO.

 

The EY Entrepreneur of the Year is an annual global awards program administered by Ernst & Young (EY). Canada’s Pacific Region competition is overseen by the Ernst & Young LLP Vancouver office, which selects judges from among business leaders and past EOY winners. Judges look for a number of factors, including vision, leadership, financial performance and social responsibility. The Pacific Region winner is among five regional winners for Canada’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year; the Canadian winner advances to an annual competition for World Entrepreneur of the Year from among 60 country winners, each year held in Monte Carlo.