BC Business
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Founder, Ambari Beauty
Grewal has grown her Kardashian-approved skincare brand into a multimillion-dollar business. READ MORE=>
Co-founders, AlessiaAdora
During the pandemic, this mother-and-daughter duo spent a lot of time cooking together, using recipes from blogs and Youtube. They designed a tablet stand that doubles as kitchen storage. READ MORE=>
Founder, My Bambiri
Vancouver restaurateur Dhalwala (right) launched a brand of pay-what-you-can baby food to benefit local charities. READ MORE=>
Founder, Loba
With her smart and stylish pill boxes, Bouchard is working to destigmatize taking meds. READ MORE=>
Founder, Sweetgrass Soap
Soap-making isn’t always pretty, but Amine ensures that ugly bars don’t go to waste. READ MORE=>
CEO, Herrendorf Family Foundation; founder and CEO, Face of Today Foundation
This boss lady focuses her philanthropic efforts on providing mental-health resources and educational opportunities for youth in Canada and abroad. READ MORE=>
Director of diversity and inclusion, Best Buy Canada
During her 15 years with retailer Best Buy, Graziani has always advocated for diversity and inclusion through education and other efforts, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. READ MORE=>
CEO, Go Goat Sports; vice-president, North Beach Agency
A former competitive gymnast and style expert, PR-pro-turned-CEO Rees (second from left) now leads a sports-driven media startup. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, Everlasting Candle Co.
Furgason (left), who’s a doctor by day, also makes clean steel candles that are sold in more than 200 stores across North America. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, GeoComply
Sainsbury proves that an unconventional career path can be a strength: she started in design and went on to launch a leading provider of geolocation services. READ MORE=>
President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
The YVR head, who has piloted the airport through COVID, encourages aspiring leaders to focus on their soft skills. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, Pragilis Solutions
Chaudhary practises what she preaches when it comes to planning change. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, United & Free Skincare
During the pandemic, Morrison (left) took her skincare company through a full-scale rebranding, with an emphasis on inclusion and sustainability. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, Pocketed; founder, Envol Strategies
Blaney (fifth from right), who has disrupted the recruitment industry, also helps smaller businesses to raise grant funding. READ MORE=>
Co-founders, Maturn
These two execs know what needs to change with maternity leave. READ MORE=>
Co-founder, Reusables
In the wake of COVID, Kiku has been trying contain the problem of takeout waste. READ MORE=>
Councillor, City of Vancouver
For Bligh, paddleboarding is exactly the break she needs from navigating the sometimes choppy waters of civic politics. READ MORE=>
Executive director, Food Stash Foundation
What does “waste not, want not” really mean? Pellegrini shows us with a zero-waste, pay-what-you-feel grocer in Olympic Village. READ MORE=>
CEO, Copperleaf Technologies
Hess, who took offer as Copperleaf CEO in 2009, built the decision analytics software firm into a global player. READ MORE=>
Co-founder and co-CEO, Jane Software
Taylor didn’t know what she wanted to be when she grew up, but her booking app has gone from a side hustle to a booming international business with 50,000 clients. READ MORE=>
Founder, Bucha Brew Kombucha
This brewer is going hard with her kombucha brand. READ MORE=>
Provincial commissioner, B.C. Council, Girl Guides of Canada
Isinger’s decidedly non-linear career has taken her everywhere from the highest office in the land to industries as diverse as forestry and law. READ MORE=>
Founder, Pick Her Brain podcast
Cey launched her internationally popular podcast, which interviews women in business, during her commerce studies at UVic. READ MORE=>
Owner, Wildeye Brewing
Good beer and innovative thinking have helped Lindeman thrive in the beer business, where female brewers are rare. READ MORE=>
Co-founder and CEO, Supercrush
A former bank manager and marketing pro, Peters started her business by making hair scrunchies for friends and family. Soon everybody wanted one. READ MORE=>
Founder and CEO, Meg O’Hara Creative
O’Hara tapped into a niche market when she started painting for the ski industry. Her work now appears at mountain resorts throughout North America, and she’s built a following with affluent collectors. READ MORE=>
Owner, Pelvic Floor Strong
U.S. customers have driven strong sales of Miller’s exercise program, which the former fitness instructor designed for women aged 40-plus. READ MORE=>
Executive director, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce