BCBusiness Top 100 honouree Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president; and Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO
Maureen Posch, Delta Grand Okanagan Resort sales manager; Emily King, Cactus Club Café shift leader; and David King, MultiCraft Imports VP
Harry Bloy, former B.C. MLA; and his son, Jeremy Bloy, Canadian Western Bank account manager
Parveen Kaila, Shaw Business consultant; Pria Kaushal, Bull Housser & Tupper marketing and business development co-ordinator; and Tiffany Hoos, Bull Housser & Tupper marketing communications professional
Kelly Kerr, Fundreams Enterprises president; Natalia Kerr, Fundreams VP; and Jim Verhelst, Interwest Restaurants Inc. VP finance
First West Credit Union's Meghan Larson, Envision Financial business banking advisor; and Avi Kay, Envision Financial branch manager
Jay Wu, Precisionwerkz Canada Inc. project manager; Paul Wong, Speaking G.I.F.T. founder and president; Christina Babich, Shaw Communications business sales consultant; and Lindsay Betts, Shaw Sabey & Associates insurance agent
Pacific Salmon Foundation's Daniel Lanigan, events & marketing; Christina McIntyre, events co-ordinator; and Corey Matheson, business development officer
Matt O'Grady, BCBusiness editor-in-chief; and Cathy Mullaly, Canada Wide Media art director
Don Boyd, BC Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association, manager legal and contract services; Elena Petkov, Contemporary Services Canada client services manager; Jessica Antosz, BCPVPA manager of professional learning; Christine Becker, CSC branch manag
Eric Beddis, TB Vets Charitable Foundation chair; and Kandys Merola, TB Vets executive director
Brian Williams, RBC VP commercial banking North Shore; Carl Dean, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. director of business development; and Warren Parker, KPMG partner in enterprise group
Roy Millen, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP partner; and Kyle Washington, Seaspan Corp. executive chairman
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman & CEO greets guests after the Q&A
Mary Jaffray and her son, Richard Jaffray, Cactus Club Restaurants CEO and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO, greets Richard Jaffray on stage
The BCBusiness Top 100 luncheon with Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO, and Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree
The BCBusiness Top 100 event with Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO, and Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree
Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO, interviews Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree
The BCBusiness Top 100 luncheon with Rebecca Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. VP sales; Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO; Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree; and Adam Palmer, Vancouver Polic
Richard Jaffray, Cactus Restaurants Ltd. president and BCBusiness Top 100 honouree; and Adam Palmer, Vancouver Police Department chief constable, with an award to Richard for his work with at-risk youth
BCBusiness Top 100 Luncheon 2015
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
June 25, 2015
More than 1,200 guests attended the BCBusiness Top 100 lunch featuring special guest Richard Jaffray, president of Cactus Restaurants Ltd. A stand-up luncheon reception was an opportunity to network with the province's most prominent business leaders.
The event was emceed by Peter Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. chairman and CEO, with remarks by Rebecca Legge, Canada Wide Media Ltd. VP sales. Brian Korpan, Canadian Western Bank VP, and Matt O'Grady, BCBusiness editor-in-chief, spoke before the Q&A.
Richard Jaffray shared stories from his beginning as a busboy to his induction into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame. A true college dropout success story, Jaffray's ambition for a career in the restaurant industry has taken him from living in a sailboat to changing the face of casual dining in BC.