Forty new B.C. business leaders will join the prestigious Forty Under 40 club as recipients of BIV’s 2024 Forty Under 40 Awards.
For 35 years, this annual awards program has recognized excellence in business and community leadership.
Those selected as recipients this year have achieved outstanding early-career successes. Whether as entrepreneurs, professionals or corporate executives, they have also demonstrated a clear dedication to community engagement, philanthropy and volunteerism.
“We had an extremely impressive group of nominees for this year's awards program, which is also celebrating its 35th anniversary. It is humbling to read about all that these exceptional leaders have achieved in under four decades, and inspiring to see what they are working toward. Across communities and industries, they are driving meaningful change and having a positive impact on our province," said BIV Editor-in-Chief Hayley Woodin Hastings.
This year’s award winners will be featured in BIV’s annual Forty under 40 Magazine in mid-December, and at a gala event Feb. 7, 2025.
The award recipients, listed alphabetically by last name, are:
- Christine Arnold, College of Veterinarians of British Columbia
- Marc Bains, Heart Life Foundation
- Alyssa Barry, Alliance Advisors Investor Relations
- Jeremy Baxter, Connect Hearing
- Mason Bennett, Beedie
- Amy Bonner, TELUS
- Grace Chiu, Scotiabank
- Neil Currie, Capital Events Management (CEM)
- Karen Danudjaja, Blume Supply Inc.
- Barbora Gaziova, PwC Canada
- Andrew Hansen, Site
- Shezana Hassko, TransLink
- Catherine Ho, Restore Sports Medicine
- Sanjna Hothi, S&W Forest Products
- Lilian Kan, Colliers Strategy and Consulting
- Michael Konnert, Vizsla Silver Corp.
- Cynthia Lam, GBC Law
- Ryan Lang, Deloitte LLP
- Raymond Liang, Terra Contracting Ltd.
- Ben Liegey, BetterTable.ca
- Christine Meijer, Earls Kitchen + Bar
- Vincent Nguyen, Anh and Chi
- Shan Parmar, Parmar Capital
- Chris Quinn, Ritchie Bros. Financial Services
- Kelly Quinn, Nurse Next Door
- Jessie Ramsay, Baker Newby LLP
- Hamid Shekarchi, Pure Sunfarms
- Danielle Sleiman, Burnaby Hospital Foundation
- Katie Stevens, Talk Shop
- Cameron Stockman, CEC Group
- Mina Tabei, Global Senior Care Ltd.
- Luan Tolosa, Spring
- Jessica Toppazzini, (formerly) Avison Young
- Derek Townsend, Citifund Capital Corporation
- Mark Trevitt, Defined Capital Inc.
- Colette Trudeau, Métis Nation British Columbia
- Courtney Watkins, Mine & Yours
- Julie Wilson, Terra Nova Medical Clinics
- Shane Wright, Paladin Group of Companies
- Katie Yu, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
BIV thanks this year’s Forty Under 40 Awards judging panel, which includes: Anna Baird, chief customer office, generative AI GTM, Google (2022 winner); Jonathan Conlin, partner, Fasken (2020 winner); Rhogene Dadashzadeh, director, business banking market development for Western Canada, Scotiabank (2021 winner); Ted Reid, CEO, Paladin Technologies (2012 winner); Sharon Singh, partner and co-head, Indigenous and environment, McMillan (2019 winner); and Hayley Woodin Hastings, BIV editor-in-chief.
The 2024 Forty Under 40 Awards are presented by Fasken, and supported by gold sponsor BCIT School of Business + Media, media partner Global BC and red carpet sponsor Davidson & Company.
Additional information on BIV’s upcoming Forty Under 40 Awards event is available at biv.com/upcoming-events/forty-under40.
Since 1989, BIV's prestigious Forty under 40 Awards have recognized approximately 1,400 young business leaders making a difference in British Columbia. At the 2024 awards celebration, BIV will be marking 35 years of this special awards program. If you are a past award recipient and would like to re-engage with BIV, contact [email protected]. If you or your firm would like to help BIV celebrate 35 years of business leadership excellent, contact [email protected].
