PEAK Awards 2025

On May 7, 2025, the Association of Women in Finance hosted the 27th annual PEAK Awards. The event held at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel was attended by over 390 guests treated to stories of five inspiring individuals who have excelled in the finance industry in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Thanks to the generosity of the Gala attendees, over $29,500.00 was donated to the AWF Scholarship Fund with all proceeds to be used to encourage women to enter the field of finance, and to assist students who require financial aid to reach their academic and, ultimately, career goals in the finance industry.

PEAK Honourees:

• Lifetime Achievement - Debra Doucette - Executive Chair and CEO, Odlum Brown
• Champion - Martin Thibodeau - Regional President, British Columbia, RBC Royal Bank
• Excellence in Industry - Gopi Chande - Chief Financial Officer, TELUS Digital
• Significant Board Contribution - Woon Ai Tsang - Senior Portfolio Manager, RBC Dominion Securities
• Rising Star - Elly Seddon - Partner, BLG Canada's Law Firm and Co-Founder and CEO, Bulletproof Cosmetics

2025 Diamond Sponsor:

• RBC Dominion Securities

2025 Platinum Sponsors:

• McMillan LLP
• Odlum Brown
• Scotiabank Women Initiative

2025 Scholarship Sponsor:

• RBC Royal Bank of Canada

2025 Gold Sponsors:

• RBC PH&N Investment Counsel
• National Bank of Canada

2025 Sapphire Sponsor:

• KPMG

2025 Silver Sponsors:

• Bank of America
• Bennett Jones
• Blakes
• Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP
• CIBC
• Clark Wilson
• Deloitte
• Dentons
• Global X
• Gowling WLG
• Lawson Lundell LLP
• McCarthy Tetrault
• MCM Law LLP
• Morgan, Daniels, Slagger
• Prospera
• PwC
• Richards Buell Sutton LLP
• Stikeman Elliott
• YVR
• ZLC Financial

In-Kind Partners:

• Fairmont Waterfront
• Encore
• Erin Cebula
• Poplar Grove
• Montecristo
• VEER
• Sophia Financial
• Eclipse Awards
• The Printing House
• BIV
• Globe and Mail

PEAK Production Partners:

• Event-ful Innovations
• Givergy
• Good Side Photo
• Karla Sax
• Sunflower Florist

PEAK Hosted Tables:

• RBC Royal Bank of Canada
• Odlum Brown
• TELUS Digital
• BDO
• Coast Capital
• BDC

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