The Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade are pleased to announce the recipients of this year\u2019s Forty Under 40 awards, which have become widely recognized as the region\u2019s most sought-after business award for people under the age of 40.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s selection committee, chaired by OBJ publisher Michael Curran, included Jennifer Cross of Chandos Construction, Nadine Atkinson of BDO, Greg Richards from the Telfer School of Management, tech entrepreneur and founder Rob Imbeault, and Anne Howland, OBJ\u2019s editor-in-chief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The committee chose the top 40 based on their business accomplishments, professional experience and community involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my third year of judging the Forty Under 40 and it\u2019s always impressive to see the depth and breadth of talent across our city,\u201d said Howland. \u201cAnd that talent comes from both the private and public sectors, and from a variety of industries and professions. This year, I was struck by the diverse backgrounds of the candidates and their stories of how they\u2019ve overcome significant hurdles to achieve their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see, year after year, the contributions of these high achievers to their organizations, their communities and to the city of Ottawa,\u201d said Richards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The awards gala is scheduled for June 18 at the Casino du Lac-Leamy. OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade also produce a TV show for Rogers TV and PBS to recognize the recipients.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to this year\u2019s Forty Under 40 recipients (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n
Irfan Ahmed, 38, Procom, Consulting Director<\/p>\n
Jahanzaib Ansari, 38, Knockri, CEO<\/p>\n
Jen Arbuckle, 35, Metcalfe Realty Company, President<\/p>\n
Mathew Baranowski, 38, PCL Construction, District Manager<\/p>\n
Danielle Bergeron-Walsh, 37, MNP LLP, Partner, Family Office\/Succession<\/p>\n
Adam Bracken, 36, The Fitness Lab, Founder and CEO<\/p>\n
Kyle Briggs, 36, SAIL Fund, Co-founder<\/p>\n
Emma Brown, 38, Whimble Care, Founder<\/p>\n
Cody Campanale, 38, Campanale, Director of Land Development and Finance\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trevor Clark, 37, Boardwalk Ottawa, Owner and Operator<\/p>\n
Natasha Commanda, 38, Emdash, Strategist<\/p>\n
Gena Custode, 37, Scotiabank, Managing Director, Technology & Innovation Banking<\/p>\n
Andrew Dings, 39, Anatomy Physiotherapy Clinic, Founder and CEO<\/p>\n
Andrew Fahim, 32, Giatec Scientific, Senior Director Research<\/p>\n
Karine G\u00e9nier, 39, Alliance Engineering & Construction, CFO and Partner<\/p>\n
Sarah Gordon, 36, Elite Virtual Staffing, Founding CEO<\/p>\n
Hugo Hodgett, 37, H2 Analytics, CEO<\/p>\n
Garrett Incze, 34, GBI Pool Services, President<\/p>\n
Brian Kells, 39, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP, Partner and Corporate Lawyer<\/p>\n
Adam Kourakis, 34, Somersault, Owner and Race Director<\/p>\n
Pierre-Charles La Haye, 39, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, Partner<\/p>\n
Samantha Leclair, 39, Snowed In Studios, Production Director<\/p>\n
Andrew Lemoine, 38, Autocorp.ai, CEO<\/p>\n
Danielle Manley, 38, Carleton University, Associate Professor and Director, School of Nursing<\/p>\n
Andr\u00e9e-Anne Martel, 38, Vanier Community Services Centre, Executive Director<\/p>\n
Robert Myette, 39, CHEO, Clinician Scientist and Medical Director Dialysis<\/p>\n
Neilda Pacquing Gagn\u00e9, 38, AGI Ventures Canada, Co-founder and Chief Ecosystem Officer<\/p>\n
Dhiego Pinilla Lopes, 39, The Stone Fabricator & The TGi Group<\/p>\n
Chris Roussakis, 37, Phantom Productions, Co-founder and Chief Creative Director<\/p>\n
Ramzi Salem, 33, The Westin Ottawa, Market Director of Sales<\/p>\n
Frances Shapiro Munn, 39, Nelligan Law, Partner<\/p>\n
Meaghan Shoemaker, 34, Department of National Defence, Senior Defence Advisor<\/p>\n
Chris Tester, 38, Comercio (Nordic Sauna & Outdoor Direct), Founder and CEO<\/p>\n
Michael Wallack, 39, Wallack\u2019s, President and Owner<\/p>\n
Genevieve Walton, 34, Flex Property Developments & Short and Suite BNB, CEO and Owner<\/p>\n
John Wark, 34, CLV Group, Vice-President, Asset Management<\/p>\n
Michael Weatherhead, 37, The Ottawa Education Group, Chief Strategy Officer<\/p>\n
Christie Wilson, 39, International Workplace Group plc, Senior Legal Counsel North America<\/p>\n
Michelle Younes, 36, Invest Ottawa, Director of Venture Programs<\/p>\n
Muhammad Zaheed, 39, BluWave-ai, Vice-President, Finance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade are pleased to announce the recipients of this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-601407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}