Ms. Gray previously served as Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Federal-Provincial and International Relations, and Deputy Minister of Trade for the Government of Manitoba.

She currently serves on several boards, most notably: Biomedical Commercialization Canada; the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (Manitoba Division); the Canada West Foundation and the Associates of the Asper School of Business.

Ms. Gray is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s and University of Winnipeg’s Joint Masters of Public Administration Program and has an undergraduate degree in political studies from the University of Manitoba.

Mr. Angus has participated and served on many boards and global organizations such as the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the American Chambers of Commerce Executives; Premiers Economic Advisory Council and many more. At a recent meeting for the Commission of Environmental Cooperation of North America (CEC) he was elected as Chair for 2013, for the Joint Public Advisory Council for CEC.

In October 2012 David Angus was recognized by his peers and received the Executive of the Year award at a Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada conference.

Ms. Freynet-Gagné is often asked to provide educational and language-based consulting services to federal and provincial agencies, educational associations, publishers, school divisions, a variety of teaching institutions as well as private companies.

She has also served as board chair of ANIM, Manitoba’s bilingual trade agency, since 2012. She has a B.A. in Translation and a B.Ed. from Université de Saint-Boniface and has been a certified translator for close to 15 years.

Ms. Laing’s experience in the industry includes over 60 credits in feature film and television. Her recent credits include Aloft (2014) nominated for the Golden Bear Award in Berlin. All the Wrong Reasons (2013), which won the Grolsch Filmworks New Discovery Award and the Canadian Screen Award nominated feature-film Mad Ship (2012); and Guy Maddin’s most recent work, Genie Award nominated Keyhole (2011).

On the TV side, Ms. Laing executive produced the celebrated Canadian TV series Less Than Kind for its complete run of four seasons. The series received 17 Canadian Screen Awards nominations.  She served as Executive Producer on the four seasons of Cashing In for APTN and for the upcoming sketch comedy series, Sunnyside, for CityTV.  She’s also at the helm for The Pinkertons, a 22 x 60 minute drama series.

Her goal is to ensure Manrex achieves its mission of helping health care providers save lives by eliminating medication errors. Manrex Ltd. is proud to be celebrating 40 years of excellence and innovation.

Ms. Webster-Mourant currently serves as a member of the board of directors for the Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc., which produces the Robotic IV Automation (RIVA). This device is used by hospital pharmacies to automatically and accurately prepare IV syringes and bags.

She is also the recipient of the Manitoba Woman Entrepreneur of the Year-Overall Excellence and International Trade awards.

While with the company Mr. Clément held a number of positions including National Advertising Manager, Regional Manager for Western Canada and Quebec, Director of Sales for the Southwest United States and Vice President of Sales & Service for Chrysler Canada. He also served on the board of directors of Daimler Chrysler Canada.

Mr. El Tassi started in the shipping department of Peerless Garments Ltd. shortly after his arrival in Canada in 1969. As of June 2006, he has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Peerless Garments LP, which is a garment manufacturer and importer carrying two main businesses: leather and cold weather garments.

Mr. El Tassi has helped and sponsored as many as 50 immigrants to Canada, including refugees from war-torn countries such as Vietnam and the Middle East. In November 2012, he was presented with the “2012 Gold Heart Humanitarian of the Year” award from Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba.

Ms. Fontaine uses her multi-lingual capacity to manage international clients such as La Française des Jeux (France), Loterie Nationale (Belgium), CONAFRA (Dominican Republic) and Proyectos y Ventas Instantaneas (Mexico) to name a few. Her vast product knowledge, price and prize structure capabilities, insight into market behavior and multi-jurisdictional experience has provided her clients with a distinctive and invaluable global perspective.

Ms. Fontaine has a Bachelor of Science Degree (with honors) from the University of Manitoba, a Bachelor of Law, LL.B. (with honors) from the University of Ottawa, and has completed the Bar Admission through the Law Society of Upper Canada in Ottawa.

Mr. Granger has held a number of senior executive roles in his career, has worked extensively in international markets and has been part of core leadership and implementation teams for a number of acquisition and integration projects in North America and Europe. Mr. Granger is currently the President of his consulting firm Global Compass Ltd, focused on organizational transformation.

Mr. Granger holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Revans University, a Certificate in Management from the University of Manitoba and is a graduate of the Senior Executive and Advanced Finance Programs at London Business School.

In his role Mr. Legary provides mentorship for startups and has helped secure seed financing and investment while building strong relationships with industry partners and government to create new programs that support innovation. Mr. Legary has focused much of his career on information security architecture and has founded, lead and sold several IT, security and defence research companies over the past twenty years. He is the recipient of CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 award which recognizes the province’s top leaders, builders and change-makers under 40.

Founded in 1992, Parenty Reitmeier provides professional translation and localization services in more than 100 different languages. A natural leader and entrepreneur, his company has grown to become a reputable language service provider, working with major exporters from around the globe.

Mr. Parenty is a member of the Business Council of Manitoba and is the past chair of the St. Amant Foundation.

Thereafter, the company merged with Walker Seeds in July 2011 to become Legumex Walker Canada Inc., listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). In November 2015, their pulse division was sold to The Scoular Company, where she holds the title of Senior Trader. Scoular is a leading U.S. based agricultural marketing company. The new-to-Scoular special crops business adds to Scoular one of the main canadian processors and exporters of pulses (lentils, peas, beans, and chickpeas). She manages sales to European markets as well as several North African markets.

Ms. Wiens was first involved in ANIM as a member. She also participated during an economic mission to Quebec thus being part of the Manitoban delegation. Ms. Wiens obtained a “Brevet de Technique Supérieure” in International Commerce in 2004 from the “Lycée Ozenne” of Toulouse.

Over a decade of service to Winnipeg’s business community, Loren has transformed the Chamber’s policy, government and community relations programs, as well as spearheading the creation and implementation of a redefining strategic plan. He orchestrated the development and launch of Manitoba BOLD and BOLD Winnipeg – grassroots public policy campaigns mobilizing the community behind a compelling vision of our province and city.

He currently sits on the board of the World Trade Centre Winnipeg, the Chambers of Commerce Insurance Corporation of Canada, and the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada. He has served on the Board of Directors for the YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg and Island Lakes Residents Group. Loren holds a Master of Arts (Political Studies) from the University of Manitoba and a Certificate in Public Participation from the International Association for Public Participation.