nOVEmBER 2018 BCBusiness 69 bcbusiness.ca
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EY Entrepreneur Of the Year awards
Vancouver Convention Centre, September 25, 2018
the pacific Region EOY awards celebrated the program's 25th anniversary
and this year's 35 winners
A B O U T T OW N w i t h Pau l D uc h a r t
1. Pauline o'Malley, retired; kari Yuers, president and CEO, kryton international; sandy shier and her husband, randy
shier, president, mission group Enterprises, and EOY social impact runner-up; Jon Friesen, CEO, mission group, and EOY social
impact runner-up; and his wife, Joanne Friesen 2. lui Petrollini, program director, EOY pacific Region; and vikram vij,
restaurateur and EOY hall of famer 3. Co-founders of the Velofix group of Companies and EOY Emerging Entrepreneur winners:
Chris guillemet, CEO; Boris Martin, Vp operations; and Davide Xausa, president 4. salwa el-ramly and her husband,
Zak el-ramly, CEO, zE powergroup, and EOY Cleantech winner 5. Amanda Penner and her husband, Josh Penner,
CEO,
meridian meats & seafood, and EOY Business to Consumer runner-up 6. Patricia Matysek and her husband, Paul
Matysek, CEO, Bedrock Capital Corp., and EOY mining + Resources winner
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t h i s M o n t h ' s q u e s t i o n :
is B.C. a good place to launch
a business?
survey says...
Our unscientic poll of random
partygoers at the bash
