Toronto – Three graduates of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management were named as Changemakers by Report on Business magazine at The Globe & Mail. The award highlights the emerging leaders who are transforming business today.
Shannae Ingleton Smith, BCom’05, is co-founder & Head of Influencer Talent at Kensington Grey Agency Inc., one of the world’s top boutique management agencies that focuses on Black social media influencers.
Alex Kjorven, BCom’06, is CPO of Ourboro, which acts as a co-buyer in residential homes in the form of an investment, not a loan, significantly decreasing the barriers toward home-ownership.
Shadi McIsaac, MBA’14, is co-founder and CEO of Ownr, an all-in-one platform that enables Canadian entrepreneurs to start, manage, and grow their business.
Patricia Gauthier, General Manager of Moderna Canada, who is a member of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Advisory Board at the Rotman School, was also an award winner.
Changemakers is an editorial award program produced by Report on Business magazine at The Globe and Mail. The fifty recipients were announced in the magazine’s March issue. The Globe and Mail solicited nominations for the Changemakers award in the fall of 2021. Winners were selected by for their ideas, accomplishments and impact, as determined by their nominations, subsequent interviews and reference checks. Further information is available online at tgam.ca/Changemakers.
The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and teaching excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca
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