Calgary business leaders tops

The recent Business in Calgary Leaders dinner saluted those in our community who strive to make Calgary the best city on Earth in which to live. From home building and land brokering, to restaurants and clothing retail, the list of those honoured reads like a who’s who in myriad industries.

Several hundred guests gathered at the Metropolitan Centre for the Leaders event hosted by Business in Calgary. Each year, Business in Calgary accepts nominations based on various criteria. A panel of three independent judges (MNP’s Trevor Winkler, Chiu School of Business dean David Allwright and ATB Financial’s Dan Allen) review said nominations and select the top 20 business leaders to receive the prestigious Business in Calgary Leaders Award.

Emceed by Dave Kelly, this years fab fete presented awards to: Avalon Master Builders’ Ryan Scott; Barclay Street Real Estate’s David Wallach; Britt Land Services’ Brittney Ramsay; Champions Career Centre’s Lisa Moon; Charcut Roast House’s John Jackson and Connie DeSousa; Commonwealth Centre’s Vikram Bakshi; Craft Beer Market’s PJ L’Heureux; Custom Travel Solutions’ Beth Gardner; Heritage Pointe Properties’ Carol Oxtoby; Jayman Built’s Jay Westman; Lammle’s Western Wear & Tack’s Barry Lammle; MaKami College’s Marija Pavkovic-Tovissi; MEG Energy’s Bill McCaffrey; Pandell’s David Beresford and Greg Chudiak; Pekarsky’s Adam Pekarsky; Pete the Plumber’s Pete Archdekin; Prairie Advisory and West Oilfield Holdings’ James Dyack; Riddell Kurczaba Architecture’s Ron Kurczaba; Sharp Insurance’s Sherif Gemayel; and Sunik Roofing’s Nick Sims. Congratulations all. You do our city proud indeed.

PHOTOS: MONIQUE DE ST. CROIX/ UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES Several hundred guests gathered at the Metropolitan Centre for the Business in Calgary Leaders dinner. The dinner’s platinum sponsor MNP was represented by Trevor Winkler, regional managing partner, left; Randy Mowat, senior vice-president and Tony...

Honouree Bill McCaffrey, president and CEO of MEG Energy, is seen with, from left, Tamara Francis, Dr. Jackie Ottmann and Evelyn Dehner.

Among those honoured at the dinner were Heritage Pointe Properties president and CEO Carol Oxtoby, left. Joining Oxtoby is her proud husband Doug Howland.

An event is always better when emceed by Dave Kelly, left, and the recent Business in Calgary Leaders dinner held at the Metropolitan Centre was tops indeed. Joining Kelly is Business in Calgary publisher Pat Ottmann.

Honoree Barclay Street Real Estate president David Wallach with his wife, artist Zohar Wallach.

Sharp Insurance’s Sherif Gemayel, right, was one of the top business leaders to receive the prestigious Business of Calgary Leaders Award. Joining Gemayel is his proud wife Mariam.

Representing gold dinner sponsor Human Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA) are Geoffrey Person, left, Janice MacPherson and CEO Chris McNelly.