Bonnie Brooks is President of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the world’s oldest continuously operating company. Over the course of her career she has built high-end retail companies across the world including Lane Crawford and Holt Renfrew, was the first in retail to launch an in-house editorial style magazine and served for 3 years as Editor-in-Chief of Flare.
Since joining the Hudson’s Bay Company, Ms. Brooks has collectively raised more than $17 million for charitable organizations, including the Canadian Olympic Foundation, and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
This category was designed to honour the charismatic leaders who have built and enhanced existing brands and in doing so have increased the competitive nature of their respective organizations.