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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
Vancouver Convention Centre, October 3, 2019
WhiteWater West Industries CEO Geoff Chutter was named Entrepreneur Of The Year Pacific Region
winner at a gala celebrating 42 men and women from 30 B.C. companies
A B O U T T OW N w i t h Pau l D uc h a r t
1. Finalist Taylor Gemmel, president, Anita's Organic Grain & Flour Mill; Business Disrupter winner Kristi Miller, founder
and national managing director, First West Capital; and finalist Todd Nicklin, president and CEO, Enex Energy Corp.
2. Food + Beverage winners Dan Wilson, CEO, and Kyle Tweter, president, Warehouse Group 3. Natural Resources +
Energy winners Suki Sanghera, president, and Kamal Sanghera, CEO, San Group 4. Finalist Greg Smith, CEO, Thinkific
Labs; and Technology winner Laurie Schultz, president and CEO, Galvanize 5. Entrepreneur Of The Year Pacific Region
winner Geoff Chutter, founder, president and CEO, WhiteWater West Industries; and finalist Don Konantz, CEO, Hops
Connect Hop Trading Co. 6. Social Impact winners from Ten Tree International: David Luba, VP sales; Stephen Emsley,
VP digital; Arthur Kononuk, creative director; Derrick Emsley, CEO; and Kalen Emsley, VP content •
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Survey Says...
Our unscientific poll of random
partygoers at the bash
T H I S M O N T H ' S Q U E S T I O N
What is the best province to start
a business in?
ILLUSTRATION: TONIA COWAN
B.C.: 50%
A L BE R TA : 20%
S A SK ATCHE WA N: 10%
M A NI TOB A : 5%
ON TA RIO: 15%
