NOVEMBER 2017 BCBUSINESS 97 ILLUSTRATION: TONIA COWAN; PAUL DUCHART
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Dinner and a gala for 1,200 guests followed the 24th annual awards
ceremony celebrating the achievements of 38 B.C. entrepreneurs
Vancouver Convention Centre, September 29, 2017
1. Michael Plotnikoff, CEO, Lite Access Technologies Inc.; Lori Plotnikoff; Michael Priest, chief commercial officer, Lite Access
Technologies; and Wendy Yurkovich 2. Shannon Rogers, president and general counsel, Global Relay Communications Inc.;
and Warren Roy, founder and CEO, Global Relay Communications 3. Scott Jacob, principal, Jacob Bros. Construction Ltd.;
Krista Blaikie, partner, EY (Ernst & Young); and Graeme Blaikie, EVP, Syncor Solutions Ltd. 4. Joanne Friesen; Jonathan Friesen, CEO,
Mission Group Enterprises Ltd.; and David MacLean, Canada best practice chair, Pacific Region, TEC Canada 5. Lui Petrollini,
Pacific program director, EY Entrepreneur of the Year; David Coe, advisory board director, TEC Canada; and Stu Watson, chair,
TEC Canada 6. François Tellier, partner, EY, and national program director, EY Entrepreneur of the Year; Nicole Yang, president,
Leone International Marketing Inc.; and Chris Gailus, anchor, Global News Hour at 6, Global BC
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ABOUT TOWN WITH PAUL DUCHART
Survey Says...
Our unscientic 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 :
How many companies
have you started?
None
15%
One
25%
Several
60%
