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BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS // CLICK HERE >>
Tom Leavitt (OVERALL WINNER)President and CEO, Leavitt Machinery
Rick Gibbs President, Neutron Factory Works
Scott EdmondsPresident and CEO, Webtech Wireless Inc.
BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER // CLICK HERE >>
Charles ChangPresident and founder, Sequel Naturals Ltd.
Natacha Beim President, Neutron Factory Works
Brad, Mike + Mitch TrotmanTrotman Automotive Group
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY // CLICK HERE >>
Ho KimPresident and CEO, CAMACC Systems Inc.
Stephane BourquePresident and CEO, Incognito Software Inc.
Jack NewtonCEO, Clio
EMERGING // CLICK HERE >>
Lisa TuningleyPresident, T-Rail Products
Vern Brownell CEO, D-Wave
Franck PointOwner, Faubourg Paris
MINING // CLICK HERE >>
Mark O’DeaFounder and chair, Oxygen Capital Corp.
Bradford Cooke CEO, Endeavour Silver Corp.
Devinder Randhawa + Ross McElroyFission Uranium Corp.
MANUFACTURING // CLICK HERE >>
Jake FryFounder and president, Smallworks
Steve CurtisFounder and CEO, Zag Global
Dan Eisenhardt + Hamid AbdollahiCEO; CTO, Recon Instruments Inc.
HOSPITALITY / ENTERTAINMENT // CLICK HERE >>
Sacha + Jason McLeanThe McLean Group of Companies
Thomas HaasOwner, Thomas Haas Chocolates and Patisserie
Sergio Cocchia + Wendy Lisogar-CocchiaPresident; CEO, Crew Management Ltd.
ENERGY // CLICK HERE >>
Aaron RokstadCEO, Rokstad Power Corp.
Larrie YorkPresident, Frontier Power Products Ltd.
Carlos VillavicencioCEO, Natural Trade Ltd.
PHOTOS: THE GALA // CLICK HERE >>
More than 1,600 guests attended the EY Entrepreneur of the Year gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre, making it the largest Ernst & Young EOY gala in the world. The Pacific awards gala brings together our region’s entrepreneurs, influential business leaders, educators and the media in one room. A cocktail reception kicked off Tuesday evening, followed by dinner and award presentations.
VIDEO: THOUGHT LEADERSHIP EVENT // CLICK HERE >>
A quick look at the November 2014 event, an evening panel that featured intimate interviews with three EOY 2014 winners. Panelists talked to, and networked with, roughly 175 BCBusiness readers. Plus, there was good food and drink. Watch this short video to see how the event went (and consider coming next year).
The EY Entrepreneur of the Year is an annual global competition 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 finalists for Canada’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year; the Canadian winner advances to the World Entrepreneur of the Year with 50 country finalists, this year held in Monte Carlo. Details of the nomination process and judging criteria are available here.