Ottawa Board of Trade and Ottawa Business Journal Celebrating Young Leaders in the National Capital Region
(OTTAWA) – Wednesday, May 1, 2024 – The Ottawa Board of Trade (OBOT) and the Ottawa Business Journal (OBJ) are proud to announce the 2024 cohort of Forty Under 40 award recipients. Recognized as one of the most distinguished business awards, the Forty Under 40 celebrates the region’s rising young business stars.
This year’s awards competition attracted hundreds of applicants, who were assessed and ranked based on business accomplishments, professional experience, and community involvement. The 2024 judging panel, chaired by OBJ publisher Michael Curran, included Gregory Richards from Telfer EMBA, Jeffrey Johnson of BDO, and past recipients Joelle Hall from Richardson Wealth, Jennifer Cross from MARANT Construction.
“Each nominee was separately assessed and ranked by our four-member selection committee. Members of that committee spent many hours poring over the nominations. When we came together with aggregated results, it was a tough decision as always,” said Michael Curran, publisher of OBJ. “There were many great nominations. I want to thank everyone who took the time to apply.”
“I am thrilled to see the wonderful diversity in this year’s Forty Under 40 recipients. We have, for example, entrepreneurs in health care, finance, construction, and social services. In addition, we’ve noted exceptional contributions from leaders in established businesses that include high tech, retail, and community services,” said Gregory Richards, Vice Dean, Graduate Professional Programs at Telfer School of Management. “It is a testament to the deep talent pool in the City of Ottawa that we are witness to such a breadth of exceptional contributions across a spectrum of different organizations. Congratulations to all recipients.”
“Celebrating the young leaders in our region through the Forty Under 40 Awards remains an important recognition program as we look to the next generation of leaders to build up Ottawa and shape the future of our city,” said Sueling Ching, President and CEO of the Ottawa Board of Trade. “Congratulations to each recipient and thank you for your continued dedication to our community and the economic growth of our city.”
The awards gala is scheduled for Friday June 21st at the Hilton Lac-Leamy. OBOT and OBJ will continue to produce a TV show to recognize the recipients.
Congratulations to the 2024 Forty Under 40 recipients:
| Kate Agyemang | Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| Eric Agyemang | Maple Bridge Ventures |
| Jason Anbara | Northlend Financial Inc. |
| Richard Beranek | Brash Inc. |
| Matthew Blostein | CIBC Wood Gundy |
| Neel Chadha | Lanark Lifestyles Ltd |
| Shea Cole | Field Effect |
| Laura Dionne | Ottawa Senators Hockey Club |
| Fares Elsabbagh | Ottawa General Contractors |
| Yasser Ghazi | Meridian Credit Union |
| Nicolas Gosselin | Nomad Telecom |
| Geoff Howe | PCL Construction |
| Heather Jeffery | Re4m Design and Fabrication |
| Agatha Krajewski | Shopify Inc. |
| Breanne Lapointe | Lanark County Paramedic Service |
| Bonnie Martell | Colonnade BridgePort |
| Chris McCluskey | The McCluskey Group |
| Victoria McGlone | Three Cliffs Inc |
| Christine McGuire | Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum |
| Stacey McMillan | KPMG LLP |
| Karim Merani | Carleton Place IDA Drugmart Inc |
| JP Michel | SparkPath inc. |
| Jacob Milosek | Hendry Warren LLP |
| Michael Montone | Firon Roofing |
| Patrick Moore | 176026 Canada Inc / Amor Construction |
| Jonathan Murray | Heartee Foods |
| Tony Paciocco | Edelson Foord Law |
| Lisa Paul, MStJ | St. John Ambulance National Office |
| Magnolia Perron | National Aboriginal Capital Corp. Assoc. |
| Wendy Ramsey | Pirate Cove Marina/RBK Distribution Inc. |
| Jeremy Reeds | Windmill Development Group, Ltd. |
| Alexandre Rizk | Groupe Loyal |
| Eric Saumure | Zenbooks |
| Conal Slobodin | Walmart Canada |
| Kyle Smendziuk | WebMarketers Inc. |
| Dr. Red Thaddeus D. Miguel | Thera-Business Inc. |
| Branavan Tharmarajah | Growcer |
| Megan Van Rijt | Deslaurier Custom Cabinets |
| Tiffani Westerman | WCS North America |
| Jordi Wills | Wills Transfer Limited |
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The Ottawa Business Journal is the leading source of business news and information in Canada’s national capital region. For more than 25 years, readers have turned to OBJ for the business news they can’t find anywhere else – unique and relevant articles and features tailored to local business managers, owners, professionals and executives. For information, visit www.obj.ca.