Contributors:
ROCCO ROSSI
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce A successful entrepreneur and business executive, champion fundraiser, and dedicated public servant, Rocco Rossi joined the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) in 2018 as President and CEO.
PIERRE CLÉROUX Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC
Pierre leads a team of experts who analyze economic data to identify business and sector trends impacting Canadian entrepreneurs. A seasoned speaker, he regularly travels across the country to help business owners understand the risks and opportunities presented by the economic environment.
VICTORIA LENNOX
DAVID W. SMITH
As the co-founder and CEO of Startup Canada and the founder and President Emeritus of UK-based Charity NACUE, Victoria is recognized by the UNDP and EU as one of the foremost experts in entrepreneurship education; ecosystem and program architecture.
David has over 30 years of experience as an organizational leader, coach, facilitator and consultant. He has worked as a corporate executive and business owner building visions, strategies and delivering successes that grow value(s), cultures and character. He believes that people want to contribute, learn and grow to become the best version of themselves they can be.
Co-Founder, CEO Startup Canada
HAMZA KHAN
Author The Burnout Gamble: Achieve More by Beating Burnout and Building Resilience Hamza Khan is a multi-award winning marketer & entrepreneur. He’s the Managing Director of Student Life Network, Canada’s most comprehensive resource hub dedicated to helping and empowering millions of students across the country. He co-founded both Splash Effect, a boutique marketing & creative agency, as well as Skills Camp, a soft skills training company.
PLAMEN PETKOV
Vice President Legislative Affairs and Business Resources at CFIB.
In this role, he leads the Federation’s legislative agenda in the province by representing the views of 42,000 Ontario small and medium-sized business members to all levels of government, business groups, media, and other stakeholders. 6
Co-founded Logia Consulting Inc
FRED DODD
Author of Succession 2020New Beginnings After 10 years of R&D, he founded Success(ion) MMXX Inc to deliver its trade-marked TWMPP planning process to professionally coordinate partnered experts to collaboratively identify, assess, prioritize and address small to medium enterprise (SME) succession/sale/exit issues.
LISA SHEPHERD
JOEL SEARS Partner, Branderos
For more than three decades, Joel has worked as a copywriter, creative director, strategist, coach and educator. He is a Partner in Branderos, a boutique marketing agency serving small and medium-sized businesses.
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Founder, The Mezzanine Group Lisa has been working with complex and tech-based B2B companies for almost 20 years. As the Founder of The Mezzanine Group, she has helped over 250 organizations successfully grow their potential – and increase their bottom line.
