Matthew Carr, president, Gifford Carr Insurance Group
Business: Property and casualty insurance brokerage Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Took over and managed the business when my dad was terminally ill. Then took
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Kevin Brennan, general manager, Cavanagh Concrete Ltd.
Business: Concrete forming and material supply Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Exceeded all financial targets on the MHLH Helicopter Facilities, Lansdowne Live and OLRT tunnel
Bradley Bezan, founder and CEO, Spark Lifecare
Business: Healthcare matchmaker Born: Kapuskasing, Ont. Biggest business achievement: The lives we have changed at Spark. We can successfully help a child overcome a cancer
Cynthia Benoit, CEO, CB Linguistic Services Inc.
Business: Sign language linguistic services Born: Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. Biggest business achievement: Founding a consulting firm that has grown annual revenues by 750 per cent over
Jonathan Atwill-Morin, president, Atwill-Morin Ontario
Business: Historical building restoration Born: Montreal Biggest business achievement: Winning the contract for the north walls on the Centre Block rehabilitation project. Biggest obstacle overcome:
Darryl Arvai, corporate controller, Shopify
Business: E-commerce Born: West Lorne, Ont. Biggest business achievement: Helping the company raise billions of dollars in financing, including its 2015 IPO. Biggest obstacle overcome:
Roberto Aburto, partner, Gowling WLG
Business: Law firm Born: Toronto Biggest business achievement: Rose to partnership quickly and helped build one of the largest municipal law teams in eastern Ontario.
Here are Ottawa’s 2021 Forty Under 40 recipients
Joint initiative of OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade is widely recognized as the region’s most sought-after business award for people under the age
Meet Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 recipients: Business services
Josée Brisson, Brad Ezard, Justin Ferns, Daniel Mackinnon, Brian Rogic, Caitlin Schwartz and Michelle Weger are among this year’s recipients.
Meet Ottawa’s 2020 Forty Under 40 recipients: Technology
Solon Angel, Graeme Barlow, Erin Blaskie, Jeremy Francis, Alex Gray, Shan Gu, Nathan Hall, Amanda Holtstrom, Hesam Mahdavi, Michael McNaught and Shawna Tregunna are among
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