B2B Magazine Legacy Edition Spring 2022_issue 73

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BBI Then and Now – Staff CURRENT Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Executive Officer Matthew Martel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Operating Officer Ayo Makanjuola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Financial Officer Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . Director Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Growth Jasmine Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager Gabriela Mkonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Ayoola Ogunbiyi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial Controller Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager Otni Chinenere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager Mamadou Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager Chiedza Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Strategy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research and Communications Vimbayi Handara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager, Business is Jammin’ (BIJ) Monica Mutale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Manager Idy Fashoranti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diversity Employment Network (DEN) Gordon Blackmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consultant, DEN Claudia Bowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Coordinator, DEN Sage Outerbridge . . . . . . . . . . . Field Officer, Supporting Black Canadian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communities Initiative (SBCCI) Jocelyn Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Brunswick Precious Familusi . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurship Engagement Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newfoundland and Labrador; PEI

2018–2019 Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO, Interim Ayo Makanjuola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director Corporate Services Laurissa Manning . . . . . . . . Director, Stakeholder & Community Relations Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director, Innovation and Growth Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Otni Chinenere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Administrator Emma Beukema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director, Entrepreneurship Lydia Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training and Communications Manager Ashley Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BiJ Youth Coordinator Juliana Shekalaghe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Victoria Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant (April 2018) Tracey Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bi| Youth Coordinator (October 2018) Paul Rukidi . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager (September 2018) 2017–2018 Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO (Interim) Ayo Makanjuola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Corporate Services Laurissa Manning . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Stakeholder & Community Relations Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Innovation and Growth Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Paul Rukidi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Tracey Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business is Jammin’ Youth Coordinator Otni Chinenere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Administrator Emma Beukema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Projects Victoria Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Emmanuel Itiveh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Entrepreneurship Akira McQuay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Manager Amber Grosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business is Jammin’ Coordinator Donna Colley-Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Secretary

2020–2021 Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO Matthew Martel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COO Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Growth Ayo Makanjuola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Corporate Services Omotayo Adedeji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Jasmine Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Administrator Otni Chinenere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Gabriela Mkonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Veronica Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . Marketing and Youth Program Coordinator Idy Fashoranti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Operations (DEN) Gordon Blackmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consultant (DEN) Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Mamadou Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Chiedza Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SBCCI Field Officer Lydia Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training & Communications Manager Keisha Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business is Jammin’ Manager Ashley Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business is Jammin’ Manager

2016–2017 Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO, Interim Ayo Makanjoula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Emmanuel Itiveh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Director Laurissa Manning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Projects Manager Njabulo Nkala . . Regional Business Dev. Manager/ BBCIFL Fund Manager Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Business Dev. Manager Paul Rukidi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Business Dev. Manager Donna Colley-Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Secretary Victoria Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Akira McQuay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Associate Amber Grosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business is Jammin’ Coordinator Frank Belanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Lucy Otienom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Clerk Liora Olive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Gregory Adolphe-Nazaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acting COO Russell Wyse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Website & CRM Officer

2019–2020 Rustum Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CEO Matthew Martel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COO Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Growth Eunice Kenaz-Oguname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Corporate Services Idy Fashoranti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Ellis Ffrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entrepreneurial Engagement Manager Lydia Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training & Communications Manager Ashley Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Youth Program Coordinator/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Business is Jammin’ Manager Gabriela Mkonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Assistant Ayo Makanjuola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dir., Corporate Services Jasmine Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Administrator Emma Beukema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director, Entrepreneurship Otni Chinenere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Manager Shauna Gaye-Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller BLACK to BUSINESS

2015–2016 Michael Wyse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Executive Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Taken over by Rustum Southwell as of April 1, 2016) Emmanuel Itiveh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Director Donna Colley-Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Secretary Frank Belanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Lucy Otieno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting Clerk Greg Nazaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Business Development Manager Njabulo Nkala . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Business Development Manager/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BBCIFL Fund Manager Rodger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Regional Business Development Manager Paul Rukidi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIJ Manager Amber Grosse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BIJ Youth Coordinator Akira McQuay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Associate Russell Wyse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web & System Developer

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