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Awards Presented at Gala

September 24th, 2008.

Two exceptional women in exporting accepted the Woman Exporter of the Year Award, to recognize an outstanding Ontario-based woman exporter who is successful in more than one international market. The awards were presented by OWIT (Organization of Women in International Trade) -Toronto which is a non-profit professional organization designed to promote women doing business internationally by providing networking opportunities, export education and global business contacts.

Samantha Kane, founder and principal of technology consulting firm Kane-MacKay & Associates Ltd., and Sabine Schleese, Managing Director, Schleese Saddlery Service Ltd., a manufacturer of customized English riding saddles, were each awarded with the honour. OWIT hopes to recognize the efforts of business students in upcoming years with the introduction of a Student of International Trade Award.

Other highlights of the evening included speaker Astrid Pregel of WEConnect Canada, a new independent non-profit that delivers the leading international certification standard for women-owned businesses that will help boost them into the supply chain of multinational corporations. Pregel emphasized the recruitment of women in business as being economically beneficial, noting that supplier diversity is a fundamental business strategy for improvement and efficiency in the strengthening of a supplier base.

 

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