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Canada’s small- and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) know a world of opportunity awaits beyond our borders. Yet it can be difficult for would-be exporters to know which foreign markets to pursue, when to launch and how to support a newly-international business. This webcast will bring together some of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs and trade experts to share practical advice, real-world experiences and insight into how even the smallest Canadian company can become a global brand.
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Mariam Ekram
Founder, Koa Natural Foods
Marnie Rabinovitch Consky
Founder and CEO, Thigh Society
Brad Liski
CEO and Co-founder, Tru Earth
Ann-Marie McIntosh
Vice-President of Marketing, Customer Experience and Corporate Communications,
FedEx Express Canada
Chris Hannay,
Independent Business Reporter,
The Globe and Mail
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenue of $90 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively, operating collaboratively and innovating digitally under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its 600,000 team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040.
Ann-Marie is responsible for leading the marketing and customer experience strategy at FedEx Express Canada. She leads a team of 900 employees across contact centres, global clearance and marketing, and is responsible for all local marketing activities including advertising, corporate social responsibility, product, public relations, retail network, and digital experience. Under her leadership, the FedEx Canadian marketing team have created corporate growth strategies for e-commerce, health care and international. Accolades for the team include a platinum ranking through the Contact Center Employer of Choice®, for 10 consecutive years for all three Canadian contact centres, as well as industry-awards for various advertising campaigns. Ann-Marie is also a member of the Board of Directors for Orbis Canada, a global non-profit organization that brings people together to fight avoidable blindness, restore vision, and help ensure no one loses their sight to a preventable, treatable disease.
Brad Liski is the CEO and co-founder of Tru Earth, an award-winning organization, based in Port Moody, B.C. which began operation in April of 2019. Brad believes that the best thing we can do to save the planet is to educate young people. He lives out this passion as a mentor at E@UBC focusing on climate solutions. Brad was recently named a Sustainability Leader by Canada’s Clean50 for 2022. As the leader in the Retail Product category, he has been recognized for making the most significant impact in helping Canada reach our climate targets. Other awards include B.C.’s Top Exporter of the Year, B.C.’s CEO of the year, and Best Eco-Friendly Household Product Company 2022.
Brad is a member of the Board of the Salish Sea Research & Education Society. Brad is passionate about the environment and causing disruption for the betterment of the planet. He has also built a strong partnership with the global conservation organization, Ocean Wise. Together they have founded the Great American Shoreline Cleanup to encourage others to get involved in the fight to save the oceans and the planet.
Brad is a leader in positioning companies & brands for dynamic growth and profitable expansion with a long and verifiable record of success leading start-up, high growth, acquisition, merger and receivership operations.
Marnie Rabinovitch Consky is the Founder, CEO and Chief Anti-Chafing Champion of Thigh Society (www.thighsociety.com), a women’s intimates brand specializing in moisture-wicking, lightweight and breathable multi-wear slip short bottoms. Without any retail, sales, manufacturing or ecommerce experience, she followed her hunch, quit her full-time pensioned job at 40 and bootstrapped Thigh Society to $1MM in sales, pioneering a new underwear category of “chafewear”. Thigh Society is now ranked as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies according to the Globe & Mail’s Report on Business, and Marnie has been featured in Forbes Magazine, the Toronto Star, Bay Street Bull and several other notable publications and podcasts.
Chris Hannay is The Globe's independent business reporter, based in Toronto. Before that, he was the assignment editor in the Ottawa bureau, where he helped direct coverage of federal politics. He launched the Politics Briefing newsletter in 2015 and wrote it every morning for more than five years. In addition to business and politics, he has also written features and won the National Newspaper Award for arts reporting in 2018. He started at The Globe as a summer staffer in 2010.
From promoting Canada to the world as a great place to do business, to helping our entrepreneurs and businesses grow and access new markets, Minister Ng is focused on helping Canadians succeed.
First elected as the Member of Parliament for Markham–Thornhill in April, 2017, Minister Ng was appointed to Cabinet in July, 2018, as Minister for Small Business and Export Promotion. After being successfully re-elected in October, 2019, she became Canada’s Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade.
Prior to serving as a Member of Parliament, Minister Ng served as Appointments Director for the Prime Minister, and as Executive Director for the President of Ryerson University where she oversaw the creation of a world-leading business incubator for tech start-ups.
Throughout her 20 years of public service, Minister Ng has been a devoted community leader with a focus on creating jobs, fostering entrepreneurship, and empowering small business to innovate and grow.