Inline Reference Check PRESENTING PARTNER PRESENTING RESEARCH PARTNER FOUNDING PARTNER and verification by NATIONAL PARTNER ErgoCentric Seating National Post and MEDIA PARTNERS BNN Bloomberg TRAVEL PARTNER EVENT SPONSOR Caliper Canada Caliper Gluskin Sheff + Sheff Gluskin SPONSORS Fact checking Associates Air Canda Air Systems TOP 40 Caldwell MNP CANADA’S TOP 40 arose withthepandemic.Seeinside. how they adaptedtohandlethedifficulties that Top 40Underalumniandhonourees recount ourees really stepped up.”ourees reallystepped responsibility, and thisyear’s hon elementsoftheawardkey issocial but intheircommun in their organizationsers not just year’s honoureesarelead 40. “This creator ofCanada’s Top 40Under partner, Toronto, CaldwellPartners, says Jeff Freeborough, managing contributing totheircommunities,” pivoting theirorganizations and taking careoftheiremployeesand to thepandemic,bothintermsof you’re facingacrisis. when thanever is moreimportant clear the answer was yes. Leadership leadership. Just as quickly, it became on an awards program celebrating or e it was relevant ly turned to whether had jus missions wereinandduediligence under way. Nominations andsub Canada’s Top 40Under 40waswell process for pandemic, the selection toslowthespreadofCOVID-19 try inMarchWhen theworldstopped to Setting anew course crisis they were taking the bull by the horns. weretakingthebullbyhorns. they presenting partner. “Not surprisingly, mid-market companies and Top 40 and businessconsultingfirm serving MNP, Canada’s largest accounting tax vice-president, priv demic,” says John Hughes, senior were dealing with the pan how they “We asked about honoureesquestions SHOW HOW LEAD INACRISIS TO M “We saw superlative responses CANADA’S TOP 40 UNDER 40 2020 HONOUREES ven appropriate tobeworking ore specifically, tookcharge. they Postmedia ContentWorks MARY TERESA BITTI THIS SECTION WAS PRODUCED BY CONTENT WORKS, POSTMEDIA’S COMMERCIAL CONTENT DIVISION, ONBEHALF OF MNP AND CALDWELL. t started. The question quick question The t started. CANADA’S TOP 40 UNDER 40 ate enterprise, at ities. One of the ities. Oneofthe LEAD SPONSORS:MNPANDCALDWELLLEAD - - - - - industries and sectors andfromvar andsectors industries from acrossthecountry, from across come nominees andhonourees.They among themthegrowingdiversit launch of Top 40 four years ago, chief themes have emerged sincethere Canada andglobally. general Afew per ence-makers, creative thinkers and on toes Canadians whohavestanding gone has recognizedmorethan800out likeexperience noother.” work,” says Saab.“It isamomentand ofoursector,aspect organization and single every “COVID hasimpacted garner $7 cial governments. helped Its advocacy es andlobbiedthefederal andprovin- toquantify thescaleofloss report FCM conduc cess to the information needed. they making suremunicipalitieshadac and practices resources, sharingbest her team creating jumped into action crisis inthesecommunities.Saaband addressing themountingfinancial needs oftheircommunitieswhilealso thehealthandsafety cipalities meet demic-response modetohelpmuni to remote work and pivoting to pan crisis. T palities (FCM)rightinthethickof the Federation ofCanadianMunici their organizations.” to follow through on the promise of safeandtocontinue channel partners keep and their people, customers Figuring out solutions on the fly to Since itsinceptionin1995,Top 40 Carole Saab was appointed CEO of Carole SaabwasappointedCEOof NATIONAL POST, THURSDAY, 29,2020 OCTOBER formance drivers both here in he organization was adapting he organization wasadapting tablish themselvesasdiffer .6 billion for municipalities. .6 billionformunicipalities. ted anational research y of y of ------

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and board members used the Slido polling app to cast their votes. Selection process Each honouree was selected based on their achievements in each of four selection criteria: met challenges ❚❚Vision and innovation ❚❚Leadership ❚❚Impact and influence ❚❚Social responsibility for 2020 Top 40 “This year it felt more Congratulations to all of this year’s important than ever to cele- brate our young leaders and nominees and honourees. dependent advisory board their successes,” says Free- LEADER to consider. The selection borough. Continued from FP7 meeting, which is typical- “These are folks doing Together with Caldwell, we proudlyrecognizeCanada’s ly held in person in May, remarkable things. They best and brightest.Inthis year’s Top40, we witnessed This year’s honourees was conducted over Zoom are taking risks. They see were selected from a field on Sept. 15, 2020. Some 35 things differently. They cre- outstanding achievements by those who embody the of 1,000 nominations that people, including the advis- ate opportunities for them- entrepreneurial drivethat continues to makeCanada a resulted in 350 written sub- ory board comprising indus- selves, for their people, their missions that led to about try and professional leaders organizations. They are role global leader. 100 individuals being chosen from across Canada, which models. In this uncertain for an interview. Caldwell includes past Top 40 recipi- time, seeing these leaders and MNP conducted the ents, took part. step up and support and interviews virtually and Representatives from create opportunities is vital then created a shortlist Caldwell Partners were on both to the economy and MNP.ca of candidates for the in- hand to answer questions society.”

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MARY TERESA BITTI date all of our 130 employees Rapid response Postmedia Content Works across Canada and the U.S. I called my partners, my Making a difference team, our artists, our board Six Canada’s Top 40 Under I was appointed to the to see how they were doing 40 alumni describe how Modular Building Institute’s and how their businesses they’re providing a steady COVID task force repre- were doing. Everyone start- hand during this time of senting Western Canada. ed working remotely. We unprecedented change and We looked at what we could still do. That’s not something what they’ve learned from do with existing inven- that would have happened managing through the tory of modular buildings two or three years ago. I just COVID-19 pandemic. to help. Units were quick- didn’t expect you could be so ly converted to temporary productive working remote- Kevin Read, president, CEO medical clinics for testing ly. I always trusted my team and founder, Nomodic and to serve as quarantine but the pandemic put me in The moment COVID-19 facilities and mobile treat- a situation to really empow- was declared a global pan- ment centres. From day one er them to make key deci- demic: I was in Orlando, (at Nomodic), our purpose sions and that saved some Fla., at a modular building has been to leave things of our festivals. I thought we conference when it was an- better than we found them. needed to postpone Festival nounced the NBA and NHL COVID-19 has highlighted Haiti en Folie because there had suspended their seasons the disparity in health-care were so many live events because of COVID-19. I flew services, particularly for the and it attracts about 100,000 home March 12, 2020 and Indigenous population in re- people. My team all said no, spent two weeks in quaran- mote communities. It made we could definitely do this tine. That turned out to be us think about how we could Kevin Read, left, and Dr. Prabhat Jha. SUPPLIED online. They came up with an opportunity to sit in one make a difference by taking a plan. We attracted more place and think. I’m on 125 an innovative approach to there I got a note that every- and what can we learn from Lessons than 1,250,000 festival-goers flights a year and until then, problems that existed even one was becoming nervous those experiences across Always have someone online from all over the I didn’t notice how hard it is before the pandemic. We’ve and scared. I wrote an email countries. who is sceptical inside the world. to travel that much because been working on the design back as soon as I landed, say- The other part is try- tent right from the start. Making a difference I was working on delivering of long-term flexible spaces ing this is an extraordinary ing to get a handle on how Often, it helps to have a What’s happening (with my vision. that can meet immediate pandemic. We are the lead- many people have been in- woman in that role. In our the resurgence of Black Lives Rapid response needs and be converted into ing epidemiological research fected. In April, Angus Re- case, it’s Hellen Gelband, Matter) has affected every- On Friday, March 13 we senior living, supplementary centre in global health in the id released a poll showing who is very experienced one here because we are a assembled in the boardroom care facilities … whatever is country. We have a respons- eight per cent of Canadians and careful and critical and Black-led and owned organ- for a meeting and closed the needed. ibility now to up our game were reporting symptoms doesn’t accept conventional ization. With that came new offices on Monday. As a con- Lessons and figure out how we take that might be suggestive wisdom. opportunities. We landed struction company we were I can be a more effective on this pandemic directly. of COVID. I called him on This is always helpful partnerships with Netflix, deemed an essential service. leader by doing less. I don’t Rapid response April 20 and said, ‘I like when you are trying to do National Bank and the Can- We did a tonne of research think I would have ever We took special precau- your data, what can we do something quickly. ada Media Fund for our in- and our sites developed a learned that if I hadn’t been tions to return to work safely with it?’ That evening we cubator, Being Black in Can- COVID-specific manual with forced to stop. Sometimes and then it was about get- decided to launch a nation- Fabienne Colas, President ada. All the partners want all the protocols necessary you have to slow down to ting people to see the value al antibody study. In the and CEO of the Fabienne to make sure the program, to ensure physical distan- speed up. That is absolutely of science and information. next three weeks the results Colas Foundation which is the largest mentor- cing and safety. Everything what happened. We can’t outsmart the virus will give us a picture of how The moment COVID-19 ship and training program focused on how are we go- unless we study it. We have many Canadians got in- was declared a global pan- for Black filmmakers, con- ing to take care of everyone Dr. Prabhat Jha, Director to know how it operates and fected in the first wave, with demic: When (on March 19) tinues and gets bigger and this week? Communication Centre for Global Health the level of infections. differences by age, province. Cirque du Soleil announced is sustainable. Desjardins was paramount. We had ear- Research (CGHR), Professor Making a difference We didn’t wait to try and get it had cancelled all of its also became a co-present- ly-morning meetings with at the Dalla Lana School We’ve done work in two funding. We just did it. Dur- shows and was laying off er of the Montreal Inter- executive teams. We set up of Public Health and PI, areas. One is trying to under- ing this same time, CGHR thousands of people, that national Black Film Festival, a COVID committee and University of Toronto stand who COVID kills, received a $1 million grant was the world coming to an the largest Black film festival made sure we shared health The moment COVID-19 where and how. From that to help countries monitor end for the entertainment in North America. For the authority news. Clients were was declared a global pan- we’re learning there are a COVID deaths. We created industry. I started to talk to first time, it was completely made aware of our policies. demic: In March, I took a lot of avoidable deaths. Now a simple tool in record time my admin people about cash online and available inter- We held weekly town halls week to go to Guadeloupe we’re looking at how did the that’s being tested in India flow, expenses, what can we nationally. over Microsoft Teams to up- with my family. While I was world get to a million deaths and Sierra Leone. cut? Continued on next page.

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Lessons Making a difference Everything is figure-out- Ravinder We’ve produced 15 able. You just need to go million containers of hand through the panic, then pick sanitizer and we haven’t yourself up, step back and stopped.The same health analyze. I also learned it’s so authorities asked for help easy to make change. People getting gloves, thermometers, always say change is so hard, face shields, face masks, chil- change takes time. Change dren’s masks. Because we got happens the minute you say them for our own staff, we ‘let’s do this.’ It’s as easy as were in a good position. Our taking a decision. That’s the overseas staff sent over sam- same when it comes to divers- ples to a Canadian lab, and a ity and inclusion. Everybody staff member supervised pro- knows diversity is important. duction for an entire week. Inclusion is a choice; you Our message: manufacturing need to decide to be inclusive. needs to occur in Canada because it’s what will allow us Clockwise from top: Dr. Ana Andreazza, Fabienne Colas and Ravinder and Manjit to be self-reliant. COVID-19 Manjit Minhas. SUPPLIED Minhas, co-funders Minhas has really highlighted that. Breweries, Distilleries and Manjit We tapped into our 12 from my chair saying we the idea and we started a trial. Wineries friends at Air Canada and would have to close our lab. Making a difference The moment COVID-19 Cargojet for help. That’s how We study how energy metab- We are recruiting pa- was declared a global pan- we brought two million face olism is associated with tients who tested positive for demic: shields, three million chil- neural transmission and COVID and can be treated Ravinder A provincial liquor drens’ masks and 10,000 how that impacts bipolar at home. Our hypothesis is board president asked to have thermometers to Canada. We disorder, major depression because you are increasing a call at 9:30 p.m. along with will be coming out with alco- and schizophrenia. We do your immune system (with (representatives of) a couple hol wipes too because there is clinical trials, cell life stud- the berry extract), the virus of regional health authorities. a huge shortage. ies. You can’t tell the cells has less chance to start a We were told hand sanitiz- Lessons you have to wait. We’re large cascade of inflamma- er reserves were down to 30 Manjit This was a journey thankful that we were given tion. Your lungs are more per cent and could run out that we all went into blind and an exemption that allowed protected. We’re not going to in six weeks. They asked for a it was important we all asked us to continue working. cure you but you’re probably couple of million bottles. for help. You have to focus on Most of my lab — about 17 not going to need to go to Rapid response the step in front of you, not people — all started to work the hospital. That’s the hope Ravinder We worked with the whole staircase. Looking from home, except for three of the trial: we can keep you Health Canada and gained at the entire pivot is over- of us. All the planning hap- healthier and home while you approval within 72 hours. whelming, not only for one pened over a virtual call recover. Five days after the call we individual but for an organ- from Cuba. Lessons started producing hand ization. It’s more important Rapid response I had to figure out how to sanitizer. We shut down our than ever to be positive, to be Since 2014 my lab has stud- deal with adjustment. That facility for 11 weeks and went a leader who reflects the fact ied a pathway that triggers all of us adjust in different to our bottle houses and used things are going to be okay. inflammation in the brain of ways. We had to become more every bottle under the sun so And if they’re not, we’re going patients with bipolar disor- understanding of each other. we could get it to essential to learn. der. In April, I realized this We all started meeting three services. We have the most is exactly the same pathway times a week over Zoom. By amazing teams and they took Dr. Ana Andreazza, that can trigger inflammation sharing how difficult it was it as a thing of pride we were Associate Professor, in the lungs of patients with for me, it encouraged every- going to help Canada through Departments of COVID-19. We had a natural one to be vulnerable. We this. We asked the health Pharmacology & Toxicology product, the acai berry, we learned quickly to be more authorities for their learnings and Psychiatry at the were testing to see if it could kind and understanding to on how to keep everybody University of Toronto decrease inflammation of each other, to carefully listen. safe. We couldn’t get person- The moment COVID-19 the brain. What if it could de- We excelled as a group during al protective equipment so was declared a global pan- crease inflammation of the this time, publishing more we had staff in China source demic: I was in Cuba with lungs? My chair connected papers than we had when we medical grade PPE and FedEx my family for March break. me with Dr. Michael Farkouh, were all working together in them here. I received a call on March a clinical scientist. He liked person.

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Michael Block SVP, Jas Hothi EY Canada Partner Margaret Cancer Centre Strategy & Asset Liability & National Practice Leader, & Ontario Institute for Management, OMERS Ernst & Young LLP Cancer Research Cheryl Brandon Partner, Dr. Véronique Lecault Ali Reyhany President & Investment Management, Co-Founder & Chief CEO, Care Health Inc. Waterton Global Resource Operating Officer, AbCellera Carole Saab CEO, Howdoweembrace Management Jeremy Levitt President, Federation of Canadian Shawn Holden Cheung CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Municipalities disruptiveinnovation to Founder & CEO, Raising Adventures Sahar Saidi Founder The Village Dr. Nir Lipsman Neuro- & CEO, LUS Brands Jeffrey W. Clarke surgeon and Scientist, Anilisa Sainani Vice- driveinclusivegrowth? President & CEO, Inflector Sunnybrook Health Sciences President & Chief Environmental Services Centre, Department of Accountant, Royal Bank It’s the next generation of disruptive Tim Coldwell President, Surgery, University of of Canada Chandos Construction Toronto Melissa Sariffodeen CEO, innovators who will create an inclusive Andrew D’Souza Co-founder Colin Lynch Head of Global Canada Learning Code future. Congratulations to Canada’s & CEO, Clearbanc Real Estate Investments, TD James Scongack Executive Top40Under 40®,including our own Joelle Faulkner CEO, Area Asset Management Vice-President, Corporate One Farms Ltd. Rohan Mahimker & Affairs & Operational National EnterpriseRisk Leader, Jas Hothi. Dr. Thalia Field Associate Alexander Peters Services, Bruce Power Professor, Stroke Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Dr. Stephanie Simmons ey.com/ca Neurologist, Vancouver Prodigy Education Chief Quantum Officer, Stroke Program, University Sam Masri Chief Operating Photonic Inc., Assistant of British Columbia Officer, SAP Canada Professor, Simon Fraser Ashley Freeborn Co-Founder Dino Mollo Vice-President, University & CEO, Smash + Tess Strategy & Corporate Jaiveer Singh CEO, Mint Lyla Garzouzi Vice- Development, Ritchie Bros. Pharmaceuticals Inc. President, Distribution, Jason Mullins President & Kosi Stobbs CEO, Property Hydro One CEO, goeasy Ltd. Owl Group of Companies Stacey Gellatly Director Andrew Oliver President Paul M. Taylor Executive General, Western Canada & CEO, Oliver & Bonacini Director, FoodShare Growth Strategy Western Hospitality (O&B) Mark Thompson Executive Economic Diversification, Liam O’Rourke CEO, Vice-President and Chief Government of Canada LakeCity Works Corporate Development & Ghassan Halazon Founder Greg Palaschuk Executive Strategy Officer, Nutrien Ltd. & CEO, EMERGE Commerce Vice-President & Chief Shamez Virani President & Inc. Financial Officer, Finning Partner, CentreCourt Ken Harris Founder & CEO, International Inc. Dr. Juveria Zaheer Plusgrade Dr. Trevor Pugh Senior Clinician Scientist, Centre Katherine Homuth Founder Scientist & Director, for Addiction and Mental & CEO, Sheertex Genomics, Princess Health Top 40 advisory board members

Moya Cahill Pangeo Subsea & Co. Investment Partners Ventures, Council of Inc. Ltd. Canadian Innovators Sharon Driscoll Ritchie Bros. Dave Mowat ATB Financial Geeta Sankappanavar Grant Ellis BNN Bloomberg Marie Mullally CUA Grafton Asset Management David Garofalo Marshall Karen Oldfield Corporate Christian Sinclair Precious Metals Fund Director Opaskwayak Cree Nation E.M. Blake Hutcheson Sue Paish Supercluster Paul Soubry NFI Group OMERS Tracey Pearce Bell Media (New Flyer Industries, Mitch Joel Six Pixels Group Barry V. Perry Fortis Motor Coach Industries) Bruce Leboff Gluskin Sheff Dale Ponder Osler, Hoskin & Sandra Stuart Corporate +Associates Inc. Harcourt LLP Director Andrew MacLeod Postmedia Ferio Pugliese Air Canada Vianne Timmons Memorial Network Inc. Express, Air Canada University of Newfoundland Susan McIsaac Right To Jane Rowe Ontario Teachers’ Jason Tuffs MNP Play International Pension Plan W. Brett Wilson Prairie Darcy Morris Ewing Morris John Ruffolo OMERS Merchant Corporation

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Dr.Juveria Zaheer Clinician Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research; Education Administrator,Gerald Sheff & Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department; 2019 CAMH Physician-of-the-Year FP12 nationalpost.com TOP 40 NATIONAL POST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 HOW DO YOU LEAD IN A CRISIS? Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 honourees share how they navigated the pandemic

MARY TERESA BITTI tioning to catering small-scale Postmedia Content Works celebrations, serving corpor- ate clients in their homes and On March 11, 2020, the World offering virtual cooking class- Health Organization declared es as team-building activities. COVID-19 a global pandemic. “We are confident in 2021, The next day businesses and 2022 we will get back to our organizations across the outsized growth rate,” says world had to change their Oliver. processes and operational As he was transitioning models to keep their people, his business, Oliver teamed customers and stakeholders up with John Sinopoli (As- safe. Here we share how four cari Hospitality Group) to of this year’s Canada’s Top 40 form Save Hospitality, a co- Under 40 honourees pivoted, alition of more than 75,000 innovated and helped their workers and operators, to organizations and commun- lobby all three levels of gov- ities during the pandemic. ernment for industry sup- port and reform. Oliver was Stacey Gallatly, Director also invited to give testimony General, Western Growth on the impacts of COVID-19 Strategy, for Western on the industry and share Economic Diversification Stacey Gallatly, left, and Andrew Oliver. SUPPLIED recommendations to im- Canada prove the effectiveness of Before the pandemic monitoring and communi- Gallatly was tapped to co-lead says Gallatly. “When I’m in On March 16, Oliver pro- relief measures before the changed everything, Stacey cating the many varied and the Regional Relief and Re- that moment, I try to think actively shut down all of House of Commons Stand- Gallatly and her team were quickly evolving impacts of covery Fund (RRRF). Within about how to build the space O&B’s restaurants and event ing Committee on Finance. tasked with setting up the COVID-19 on the western about two weeks, they had es- for innovation and how to venues across four prov- Oliver has been equally Western Canada Growth economy. tablished a suite of programs rally folks to think about how inces, which required him focused on the broader com- Strategy. Their mandate was “My team was a bit of a to support businesses strug- to build back better.” to temporarily lay off almost munity. O&B teamed up with to consider what growth and sweet spot because we have gling to keep their employees, his entire workforce. He RBC as a founding member of impact across many aspects individuals who know how to pay rent and utilities, and Andrew Oliver, President immediately consolidated Canada United, a movement of the Western economy could think about complexity, how manage cash flow during the & CEO, Oliver & Bonacini the kitchens’ fresh produce to kickstart the recovery of look like. “Our strategy focus- to think about things in big pandemic. Gallatly stayed on Hospitality Oliver & and pantry items to deliver local economies and small es on diversification, trade, ways, who are eager, ready to to lead the administration of Bonacini Hospitality (O&B) to employees in need. Then businesses. His own teams communities and skills across move.” Gallatly’s own back- the program. “The impact of COVID-19 he got to work building the in Toronto and Montreal do- the Western economy, which ground managing through To date, more than 2,400 on the hospitality industry business back up. nated more than 6,500 meals is itself very diverse,” says Gal- disaster — she redesigned the businesses across Western has been devastating. In our He quickly got takeout and to hospitals and shelters and latly. “When the pandemic disaster recovery program Canada that were not able to 30-plus years in business, delivery up and running and raised money to help kids in started to crystallize, we were in Alberta during the worst access existing COVID-19 re- we’ve never had to deal with launched an online grocery high-need neighbourhoods in asked, ‘How do we mobilize flooding in the province’s his- lief measures have received a crisis like COVID-19,’ says delivery platform that in the Toronto. and get on top of this quick- tory in 2013 — would help in- more than $150 million in Andrew Oliver, president and early weeks of the pandemic “The importance of being ly?’” form her leadership through support from the RRRF, pro- CEO of Oliver & Bonacini also made available hand able to give back to our com- On Feb. 21, she sent her the pandemic. “I was able to tecting more than 10,000 (O&B), the restaurant com- sanitizer, disposable masks munity became even stronger first email with the word use that experience to think jobs. “There’s a moment be- pany he has helped grow into and gloves. throughout this crisis,” says COVID in it. And on March 4, about what to expect.” tween response and recovery Canada’s largest event pro- Positive customer response Oliver, who personally donat- she took on the role of West- The team was quickly de- when unpredictable oppor- ducer. He took swift action to led to the creation of a new ed tens of thousands of dis- ern Economic Diversification ployed wherever it was need- tunities open up but only if pivot operations and to lobby “O&B at Home” sub-brand. posable gloves to Sunnybrook Canada’s executive point on ed to make sure they had eyes you’re able to let go of what all levels of government to Oliver also pivoted the events Hospital. COVID-19 co-ordination, on how things were evolving. the world looked like before,” support the industry. side of the business, transi- Continued on next page.

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The world’s leading trusted global used equipment marketplace. NATIONAL POST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 TOP 40 nationalpost.com FP13 Shifting gears in the midst of a global crisis

Ghassan Halazon, my main job was to test the founder and CEO of limits of what we could do EMERGE Commerce Inc. to give our business extra Ecommerce was al- breathing room during a ready on the rise when the time of such immense uncer- COVID-19 pandemic forced tainty.” the world to shelter in In May, EMERGE an- place. Restrictions to slow nounced plans to go public its spread accelerated that and embarked on an entire- growth, making the online ly virtual investor roadshow, marketplace an economic upending traditional in-per- bright spot. son fundraising. “If you told This has certainly been me in March that we would the case for EMERGE Com- be able to raise $10 million merce, which is thriving entirely virtually during the in adversity. “As an acquir- most devastating macro er and operator of niche event of the last 100 years, e-commerce sites, we were I would have thought you fortunate to be a benefactor were out of your mind. It of this rapid shift to online was a bet that investors were shopping,” says founder and ready to invest online, and CEO Ghassan Halazon. “We we were luckily right,” says also took this opportunity Halazon. to drive real, lasting change As it continued its track in preparation of this new record of growth and prof- world ahead.” itability, EMERGE donat- EMERGE realized the ed hundreds of masks to benefits of its diversified Unity Health and supplied e-commerce portfolio, which thousands of affordable Ghassan Halazon, left, and Véronique Lecault. SUPPLIED reduced its risk and allowed non-medical grade masks to the company to focus on its Canadian consumers. The potential antibody therapy. recovered from COVID-19. ical trials. While it typically This required keeping up pandemic-resilient mar- company also took a strong It had already been work- From there, it was an all- takes years to bring a new with the latest provincial kets such as groceries, while stand in support of Black ing with the U.S. Defence hands-on-deck effort. Ab- therapy to a Phase I trial, Ab- health guidelines, provid- pushing pause on markets Lives Matter, and donat- Department’s research arm, Cellera screened more than Cellera and its partners did ing daily updates, switching that were directly impacted ed to the Centre for Young DARPA, adapting its anti- five million immune cells, it in only three months, set- to work-from-home for by the pandemic, such as ex- Black Professionals, a Toron- body discovery technology identified more than 500 ting a new precedent in the office workers, putting in periences and travel. The re- to-based charity dedicated for rapid pandemic scenar- unique human antibody se- industry. place safety measures in the sult: the business achieved to address economic and so- ios. The platform had been quences, and entered into a “While the world was lab so the team could con- 177 per cent growth in gross cial barriers that affect Black tested twice in the previous co-development agreement slowing down, AbCellera had tinue its important work and sales during the second youth. two years in simulated pan- with Eli Lilly and Company. to accelerate. Every day mat- organizing company-wide quarter, allowing it to retain demic scenarios to generate Only 23 days after receiving tered, as it could translate in- virtual town halls to stay its entire full-time staff and Véronique Lecault, antibody countermeasures. the sample, the top 24 anti- to thousands of lives saved,” connected. make additional hires. Chief Operating Officer, “We quickly mobilized,” says body candidates with the says Lecault. “As COO, it was “It has been a privilege To further secure the com- AbCellera Biologics Véronique Lecault, Chief ability to neutralize the virus my responsibility to adapt to be part of this incredible pany’s position, Halazon also When the first COVID-19 Operating Officer, AbCellera were identified. LY-CoV555, the way we work to prevent team effort and a source of temporarily cut executive, case in North America Biologics. the lead molecule from this the spread of COVID-19, pride to see a technology de- board and advisory com- was confirmed, AbCellera In late February, AbCel- discovery campaign, was keep the team healthy both veloped in Canada have such pensation. “COVID-19 made Biologics found itself in a lera received the first avail- the world’s first monoclon- physically and mentally, all a profound impact in the us realize that nothing is set unique position to help solve able sample in North Amer- al antibody against SARS- while operating at maximum fight against COVID-19,” says in stone. As a wartime CEO, the crisis by generating a ica from a patient who had CoV-2 to enter human clin- speed.” Lecault.

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THE 40/40 OF 2020!

Michael Block Cheryl Brandon ShawnHolden Jeffrey W. Clarke Tim Coldwell AndrewD’Souza Joelle Faulkner SVP, Strategy &Asset Partner,Investment Management Cheung President &CEO President Co-founder &CEO CEO Liability Management Waterton Global Resource Founder&CEO Inflector Chandos Construction Clearbanc Area One Farms Ltd. OMERS Management Raising TheVillage Environmental Services

Dr. Thalia Field Ashley Freeborn Lyla Garzouzi Stacey Gellatly Ghassan Halazon Ken Harris Katherine Homuth Associate Professor, Co-Founder &CEO Vice President, Distribution Director General, Founder&CEO Founder&CEO Founder &CEO Stroke Neurologist Smash+Te ss HydroOne Western Canada GrowthStrategy, EMERGE Commerce Inc. Plusgrade Sheertex Vancouver Stroke Program Western Economic Diversification UniversityofBritish Columbia GovernmentofCanada

Jas Hothi Dr. Véronique JeremyLevitt Dr. Nir Lipsman Colin Lynch Rohan Mahimker & Sam Masri EY Canada Partner & Lecault President Neurosurgeon and Scientist Head of Global Real Estate Alexander Peters Chief Operating Officer National Practice Leader Co-Founder &Chief CMH Heli-Skiing & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Investments Co-Founders &Co-CEOs SAP Canada Ernst &YoungLLP Operating Officer Summer Adventures Department of Surgery TD Asset Management ProdigyEducation AbCellera UniversityofToronto

Dino Mollo JasonMullins Andrew Oliver Liam O’Rourke Greg Palaschuk Dr. Trevor Pugh Ali Reyhany Vice President, Strategy & President &CEO President &CEO CEO Executive VicePresident & Senior Scientist &Director, Genomics President &CEO Corporate Development goeasy Ltd. Oliver &Bonacini LakeCity Works Chief Financial Officer Princess Margaret CancerCentre & CareHealth Inc. Ritchie Bros. Hospitality (O&B) Finning International Inc. OntarioInstitute for Cancer Research

Carole Saab SaharSaidi Anilisa Sainani Melissa Sariffodeen James Scongack Dr. Stephanie Simmons JaiveerSingh CEO Founder &CEO Vice President &Chief CEO Executive Vice President, Chief Quantum Officer, Photonic Inc., CEO Federation of Canadian LUS Brands Accountant Canada Learning Code Corporate Affairs& AssistantProfessor Mint Pharmaceuticals Inc. Municipalities Royal BankofCanada Operational Services Simon FraserUniversity Bruce Power

Kosi Stobbs Paul M. Taylor Mark Thompson ShamezVirani Dr. Juveria Zaheer CEO Executive Director Executive Vice President and President &Partner Clinician Scientist Property Owl Group of FoodShare Chief Corporate Development & CentreCourt Centrefor Addiction and Companies Strategy Officer Mental Health NutrienLtd.

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