BC Business
If you're a reader of the business press—or any story featuring the power brokers in our midst—you'll be struck by one thing above all else: the paucity of women. While some may argue that "them's the numbers"—and yes, women are poorly represented in the boardrooms and backrooms of B.C.—the fact...
See who made our list by clicking through this slideshow.
Monique Mercier Executive vice-president, corporate affairs, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, Telus
A lawyer educated at the Université de Montréal faculty of law and Oxford University, where she received an MA
Sue Paish CEO, LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
Influence: As head of the country’s largest community-based laboratory services company, Paish leads an organization on the leading edge of private medic
Mary Ackenhusen President and CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health
Influence: VCH is the largest academic and tertiary health authority in B.C., serving a population of one million with a budget of $3 billion. Acke
Amiee Chan President and CEO, Norsat International Inc.
Influence: Chan is a rare female voice in B.C.’s tech sectorand a turnaround artist extraordinaire who took Norsat from near bankruptcy to becom
Shannon Rogers President and general counsel, Global Relay
Influence: Regularly listed as one of Canada’s top women entrepreneurs, Rogers leads a popular cloud-based message archiving and compliance servic
Karimah Es Sabar President and CEO, The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
Influence: Es Sabar is one of the leading forces in Canada’s life sciences sector, helming Life Sciences BC through a
Barbara Grantham President and CEO, VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation
Influence: At a time of tightening public finances and increasing public need, hospitals need top- notch fundraisersand Grantham, a form
Cybele Negris President, CEO and co-founder, Webnames.ca Inc.
Influence: As Canada’s original “.ca” registrar, spun off from UBC, Webnames.ca remains one of the country’s leading providers of web hos
Christina Anthony Vice-president, director, portfolio manager and investment advisor, Odlum Brown; chair, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
As vice-president, director and portfolio manager at Odlum Brown, and with spots on the
Debra Hewson President and CEO, Odlum Brown Ltd.
Influence: Hewson leads a team of more than 200 employees at storied Vancouver investment firm Odlum Brown (with more than $9 billion in assets under administ
Fiona Macfarlane Managing partner (Vancouver and Western Canada) and chief inclusiveness officer, Ernst & Young LLP
Influence: The South African native has drawn upon her experience growing up in a country d
Tamara Vrooman President and CEO, Vancity
Influence: Vrooman has shaped fiscal policy at both a private and public levelserving as B.C.’s deputy minister of finance from 2004 to 2007 and as leader of Ca
Carol Newell Founding investor and principal, Renewal Partners
Influence: Renewal Partners has been at the leading edge of B.C.’s booming social venture capital movement, and it never would have happened w
Catherine Dorazio Vice-president, Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital Ltd.
Influence: The first (and only) female partner at Connor, Clark & LunnCanada’s largest investment counselling firm, with $51 b
Launi Skinner CEO, First West Credit Union
Influence: Skinnera former president of Starbucks U.S., where she oversaw 7,000 company-owned stores and 3,400 licensed storeshas led First West since 2010 an
Valerie Mann Managing partner, Lawson Lundell LLP
Influence: As managing partner at Lawson Lundellone of Western Canada’s top business law firmsMann is B.C.’s go-to legal expert on a variety of top
Tracey McVicar Managing partner, CAI Capital Management
Influence: In addition to running the private equity group’s western operations, McVicar is a popular and influential board director, having served f
Sandra Stuart President and CEO, HSBC Bank Canada
Influence: Stuart started with HSBC in 1982, rising through the ranks to become CEO of the bank’s Canadian subsidiary this month. HSBC is the only major ba