2023 Judges

Judge Metzi Liau

Metzi Liau

Senior Director - Fresh Food Category Management Shoppers Drug Mart, Loblaw Companies Limited

Jodat Hussain

Senior Vice President, Retail Finance, Loblaw Companies Limited

Janice MacKay

Vice President FinanceMarket Division, Loblaw Companies Limited

Garth Thomas

Garth Thomas

Managing Director of Business and Financial products at the Globe and Mail.

Christelle Francois

Christelle Thomas

Vice-President of Government Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Skills For Change, the Board Chair of the Table of Impact Investment Practitioners, and a bilingual entrepreneur.

Carelle Lahouri

Carelle Lahouri

Owner/Chief Executive Officer

Kelly De Fogain

Kelly De Fogain

Founder/Executive Director - Afropolitan Canada

Jennifer Laidlaw

Jennifer Laidlaw

30% Club CanadaCountry Head

Blank

Andrea Greer

Manager of Print Subscription and Single Copy Revenue

Kerin John

Kerin John

Founder/CEO of Black Owned Toronto

Melissa Allen

Melissa Allen

Executive Director - League of Innovators

Louise Spence

LLM, Manager Business Markets at RBC

Gareth Da Silva

Gareth Da Silva

Vice President, Commercial Financial Services at RBC

Judge Koura Ndiaye

Koura Ndiaye

Agent de développement économiqueAgent de développement économique -Société Économique de l'Ontario

2023 Coaches

Nadine Spencer

Nadine Spencer

CEO of The Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA)

Bili Balogon

Founder + CEO of tribe beauty box

Erin Quon

Erin Quon

Founder of EQ Consulting

Ross Cadastre

Ross Cadastre

CEO of ITS Global and BBPA chair

Roderick Brereton

Roderick Brereton

Co-founder urban rez solutions

Farley Flex

Farley Flex Nwaigbo

Co-founder urban rez solutions

Jesse Jones

Jesse Jones

Head of Jones & Jones Group