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Business in Vancouver’s 2019 Forty under 40 winners announced

Annual honours salute up-and-coming young business leaders
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Business in Vancouver has announced the winners of the 2019 Forty under 40 Awards. The awards highlight the achievements of 40 of B.C.’s outstanding young entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals.

Winners are under 40 and have demonstrated excellence in business, judgment, leadership and community contribution. Each winner will be profiled in the special edition Forty under 40 magazine issued in the December 3 edition of Business in Vancouver.

BIV is extending an invitation to an evening of celebration as it honours these individuals at the 30th annual Forty under 40 Awards gala. To view the event page, click here.

The 2019 winners are:

Adil Ahamed, managing director, Destination Auto Group

Kyle Barker, co-founder and CEO, Cryptek Labs,

Paulina Cameron, CEO, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs

 

Brent Charleton, CEO and president, EnWave Corporation

Robert Coard, partner; BC region industries leader; technology and consumer markets leader for Western Canada, PwC Canada

Cheryl D'Sa, managing partner, Narwal Litigation LLP

Zahra Esmail, executive director, South Vancouver Neighbourhood House and Marpole Neighbourhood House (ANHBC),

Ashley Freeborn, co-founder, managing director, Smash + Tess

Hanna Golota, chief operating officer, Globalme

Erik Hadley, director, process development, Stemcell Technologies

Janie Hungerford, founder and principal, Hungerford Salter Interior Design

Brittney Kerr, principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

Vera Kobalia, board director, World Economic Forum, Global Council on Development Finance

Matthew Lewis, president, Braidy Corp.

Derrick Li, executive director, finance and corporate services, Coast Mountain Bus Company

Ian MacKinnon, co-founder, chief technology officer, Later.com

Christina Marcano, CEO, Silver Icing Inc.

Reshma Mehta, director, partnerships and business development, consumer health, Telus

Stephen Menon, vice-president, product, Finn AI

Carly Monahan, investment adviser, Odlum Brown Ltd.

Rachel Nelson, president, Exan a Henry Schein Co.

Nicole Parmar, founder & managing partner, JNJ Business Strategies

Jordana Pourian, senior vice-president, operations, Aritzia

Jay Rhind, partner, Rhino Ventures

Khaled Shariff, in-house counsel, Squamish First Nation

Amanda Shatzko, president, AS Consulting and Art

Ben Silverman, CEO, Integral Artists Talent Agency

Sharon Singh, associate, Bennett Jones LLP

Ashley Smith, president, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

Jonathan Snoek, managing partner, Cascadia Strategy Consulting Partners Inc.

Sean Stofer, founder, Various

Byron Thom, principal, Framework Venture Partners

Jasmean Toor, vice-president, real estate finance, Edgar Development

Ryan Uy, director, finance and administration, DP World (Canada) Inc.

Lisa von Sturmer, CEO, Growing City

Erin Walker, director of strategy and program management office, Telus Security and Automation, Telus

Jeffery Ward, founder and CEO, Animikii Indigenous Technology

Jonas Woost, director of business development, Pacific Content

Eskandar “Alex” Yamini, president and CEO, Sarmaya Capital Corp.

Leena Yousefi, lawyer/CEO, YLaw Group