Marketing industry makes good showing on W100

This must be getting old for Dawna Henderson and Pat McNamara. The CEOs of Henderson Bas Kohn and Apex Public Relations‘ (respectively) placement on Profit‘s W100 list of Canada’s top female entrepreneurs can hardly be a surprise at this point. This marks Henderson’s eighth consecutive year on the list and McNamara’s fourth tenth. “Being part […]

This must be getting old for Dawna Henderson and Pat McNamara. The CEOs of Henderson Bas Kohn and Apex Public Relations‘ (respectively) placement on Profit‘s W100 list of Canada’s top female entrepreneurs can hardly be a surprise at this point.

This marks Henderson’s eighth consecutive year on the list and McNamara’s fourth tenth.

“Being part of this esteemed group of women for nearly a decade now is a true honour, and it’s an achievement that deserves to be shared with my entire team,” Henderson said in a release, also noting that she felt proud to be the only representative from the digital advertising industry in the list’s top ten.

Viive Tamm of Tamm Communications and Jacquelyn Cyr from The Espresso Group are also making return appearances on this year’s list.

“I am so honoured to be included in [the W100] and to share that accomplishment with such an outstanding group of Canadian business leaders,” said Cyr, in a release. “I work with such a brilliant team at Espresso and feel lucky for every single day that I work them and our clients.”

Overall, the industry is very well represented on the W100 with eight women from PR and marketing companies making the list.

This year’s W100 marketers, by rank, are:

• Dawna Henderson, Henderson Bas Kohn (6)
• Tracey Bochner, Paradigm Public Relations (41)
• Liz Falconer, Brees Communication (67)
• Linda Farha, Zenergy Communications North America (71)
• Alison Wattie, Foundry Communications, (82)
• Pat McNamara, Apex Public Relations (83)
• Viive Tamm, Tamm Communications (89)
• Jacquelyn Cyr, The Espresso Group (92)

The full list can be viewed here. Profiles of select W100 honourees can be read here.

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