BC Business
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media chair and CEO; Frank Giustra, Fiore Financial Corp. president and CEO; and Samantha Legge, Canada Wide Media vice-president.Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media chair and CEO; Frank Giustra, Fiore Financial Corporation president and CEO; and Samantha Legge, Canada Wide Media VP/ publisher. Heidi Hamilton, Priority Solutions...
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media chair and CEO; Frank Giustra, Fiore Financial Corp. president and CEO; and Samantha Legge, Canada Wide Media vice-president.
Heidi Hamilton, Priority Solutions founder and CEO; and Lawrence McGinnis, Erickson Corporate International executive director.
Rob Lewis, Techvibes Media Inc. president; and Matt Mackenzie, Midnight Sun Mining business and legal affairs manager.
Rick Riggs, Van Houtte coffee services key accounts and community events manager; Caryl Houde, Van Houtte business development rep; and David Brian, California Cult Classics business development manager.
Austin Woodward, RentMoola director of sales and marketing; and Philipp Postrehovsky, RentMoola co-founder and COO.
Joe Hargitt, Ronald McDoanld House of B.C. development manager; and Lloyd Andrews, Scotiabank UBC branch manager.
Tom Novar, Three Links Care Society CEO; and Lana Bradshaw, Holloway Schulz & Partners managing director.
Allysa Hopkins, Small Business BC director of business development; Richard Sagan, Small Business BC business development manager; and Marie Hunter, Networking In Vancouver social media co-ordinator.
Malcolm Biddle, Executive Air Ambulance director of operations; and Matthew Cochlin, Executive Air Ambulance director of medical operations.
Sandra O’Connell, writer; Jorah Porteous, Point Blank Creative president; and Victoria Welsby, Holloway Schulz & Partners account executive.
Darren Hart, Hart Legal owner; and Sylvia Murr, Hart Legal assistant.
Adrian Rothwell, Goldcorp strategist; and Tim Vipond, Goldcorp strategy and corporate development analyst.
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media chair and CEO; and David Poole, Scotiabank senior vice-president.
Peter Legge and Frank Giustra take the stage for their interview.
Frank Giustra, Fiore Financial Corp. president and CEO; Davin MacGregor, Urban Cultivator operations and design manager; and Dianne Watts, Mayor of Surrey.
Frank Giustra and his son Nicolai.
More than 1000 business leaders and up-and-comers from myriad industries took the afternoon off to schmooze in the Fairmont’s opulent ballroom. Guests enjoyed a standup, networking-style luncheon, replete with free-flowing wine, a dim sum bar and a carving station. Included in the energetic crowd was Vancouver business legend Frank Giustra, the guest of honour and 2013’s keynote speaker. After getting their food and networking fill, guests moved into the main ballroom for the highlight of the afternoon: Canada Wide Media chair and CEO Peter Legge’s in-depth interview with the highly anticipated 2013 guest, Frank Giustra.
With his father, Giuseppe, and young son, Nicolai, in the audience, Giustra shared stories from his life and offered insight on being successful. Giustra is adamant on dispelling negativity in your life—especially those nagging thoughts that bubble up every now and then—and stressed the importance of believing you can do anything. Also crucial: avoid debt at all costs! Giustra says he never borrows money.
His latest passion and venture, Domenica Fiore Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, was available for sample and purchase. The olive oil has been another wild success story for Giustra—it recently won best olive oil in the world at the New York International Olive Oil competition.