The Waterstone MacKay Canada’s Most Admired CEO Summit, Corporate Cultures Summit, and Awards Celebration

Learn from, and celebrate, the top corporate cultures, and the most admired CEOs and Chief People and Culture Officers (CPCOs) that Canada has to offer.

The Benchmark of Success

Recognizing the top organizations and CEO’s that Canada has to offer. Creating a benchmark of success for all those who are nominated.

Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures

Founded by Waterstone Human Capital, this national program, annually recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for having cultures that enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.

Canada’s Most Admired™ CEO

Founded by Waterstone Human Capital, this award honours the country’s most admired CEO’s, who recognize culture isn’t just connected to performance; it drives performance.

Nominate Your Culture

Nominations for Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures are open year-round. Learn more about the programs, how to nominate, and what benefits it holds for your organization.

Become a Canada’s Most Admired™ Program Partner

Sponsoring the Canada’s Most Admired™ program provides exclusive networking opportunities, and extensive exposure, to an elite group of influential executives and decision-makers, thought leaders in corporate culture and winners from Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures program.

Meet Our National Program Sponsor

2023 Winners

Jennifer Gillivan

Jennifer Gillivan is President and CEO of the IWK Foundation. The Foundation is the primary fundraising and outreach partner of…

Rebecca Kacaba

Rebecca Kacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker, winner of Lexpert’s Top 40 Under 40, named one of North…

Rob Miller

Rob Miller is the co-founder and chief executive of Miller Titerle + Company (MT+Co.), a Vancouver-based law firm serving Indigenous…

Chief Terry Paul

Terry Paul is the Chief of Membertou, a position he has held for the past 39 years. During that time,…

Curtis Stange

Curtis Stange was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of ATB Financial on June 30, 2018. Withcourage, disciplined thought and…

Ratana Stephens

Ratana Stephens founded Nature’s Path Foods with her husband Arran in 1985. Together they grew Nature’s Path into North America’s largest independent certified…

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