Highlights from the 2025 Canada’s Most Admired™ Vancouver Fall Summit
On Tuesday, October 7, 2024, the Waterstone MacKay Canada’s Most Admired™ Vancouver Fall Summit was held at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The summit brought together over 450+ corporate leaders and heads of people and culture for an engaging afternoon of networking and learning. Attendees had the unique opportunity to participate in a panel discussion and Q&A session focused on leveraging culture to drive team performance.
As we explored how organizations can navigate change and stay competitive during complex times, a clear theme emerged: high-performance cultures are built intentionally. Key insights from the discussions included:
- Purpose and values guide daily behaviours and decisions, creating alignment between how people act, lead, and achieve organizational goals.
- Culture is a shared responsibility across every level and function of the organization.
- Leaders must balance psychological safety with accountability empower autonomy, learning, and innovation.
This event provided a platform for those who attended, to learn from and network with, past and current winners of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, Canada’s Most Admired CPCO, and Canada’s Most Admired CEO awards.
A big thank you to all of our speakers and moderators for sharing your time and expertise:
- Cathy Thorpe, CEO, Nurse Next Door
- Curtis Stange, CEO, ATB
- Lorna Clamp, President, Securiguard
- Sushant Trivedi, CEO, Fresh Tracks Canada
- Eric Hopkins, President & CEO, BCAA
- Andrea Prashad, Chief Customer & Innovation Officer, Amica
- Jazz Pabla, Chief Innovation Officer, WSP in Canada
- Marty Parker, Founder and CEO, Waterstone Human Capital
- Nancy MacKay, Founder and CEO, MacKay CEO Forums
- Lyn Currie, Managing Director, Waterstone Human Capital
- Lori Moffatt, Managing Director, Leadership and Culture Advisory Services, Waterstone Human Capital
