WBE Canada’s Supplier Innovation Days are full day in-person events designed to bring women-owned businesses, corporate and government organizations, partners and champions of supplier innovation together in cities across Canada. Join us to learn how to navigate today’s economic challenges, network with buyers and suppliers to find new opportunities and create common goals to expand economic prosperity within regions, provinces and across the country.
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Dr. Georgette Zinaty is President of Women Business Enterprises (WBE) Canada, leading national efforts to connect certified women-owned businesses to procurement opportunities and drive supplier diversity. A recognized thought leader, Forbes contributor, and global keynote speaker, Dr. Zinaty is renowned for her expertise in business transformation, innovation, and the integration of AI and data-driven strategies. She has founded Women Helping Empower Women (WHEW!) and DGZ Capital, and serves as Senior Advisor to Nobellum and on the Board of Advisors for ELLA at York University. Honoured with numerous awards, Dr. Zinaty is committed to empowering women, fostering inclusive innovation, and advancing leadership. She also teaches at Western University and Rotman, shaping the next generation of business leaders.
Lily Alameh is an economist based in Montréal, specializing in macroeconomic analysis and regional economic trends across Canada. She focuses on economic outlooks, regional analyses, and briefing materials that support strategic planning and inform senior leadership. Her recent work includes developing data-driven insights for economic reporting and supporting research on Canadian provincial economies.
Tania Saba is Founder and Chairholder of the BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance and Full Professor at the School of Industrial Relations at the Université de Montréal. Her areas of expertise include diversity management, workforce aging, intergenerational value differences, transformations in the organization of work, and future skills. Her contributions have been recognized through several distinctions. She received the Gérard-Dion Award in 2021 from the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, which recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of industrial relations. In 2025, she was awarded the Mérite Award and the Rémi-Quirion–OBVIA Award for excellence in research and societal engagement.
Tania collaborates on major research projects with public and private organizations on issues related to labor market integration and the adaptation of underrepresented groups. In 2025, she was appointed Co-Chair of the Canadian delegation to the Women 20 (W20), an engagement group of the G20 that promotes gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
Tania Saba leads the Québec and Francophone Communities Hub within the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) project led by the Diversity Institute, where she also serves on the advisory board. She is a founding member of OSMET, Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and a member of the executive committee of OBVIA. She is also a member of the management committee of CRI-JaDE and an affiliate member of the Future Skills Centre, IVADO, CÉRIUM, and CRIMT.
Anca Popescu is Market Vice President at CIBC, based in Montreal, and has dedicated her career to helping businesses achieve their entrepreneurial goals. She leads the Eastern Canada market for Business Banking, bringing over 19 years of commercial banking experience and a talent for making financial solutions straightforward for clients. Anca has honed her expertise at HSBC Bank Canada, National Bank of Canada, and CIBC, understanding that business banking is about more than numbers—it’s about fostering relationships and supporting business growth.
Anca holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Finance from Concordia University, combining financial acumen with a genuine passion for client success. She’s recognized for her authenticity, her ability to build lasting relationships, and her commitment to making banking less intimidating - no complicated jargon, just real conversations.
Outside the office, Anca’s childhood love for tennis remains, though these days her “matches” often involve chasing after her two kids rather than forehands. While she dreams of returning to the court, she’s currently perfecting her serve in multitasking - balancing strategic work and family life.
Anca believes every day is an opportunity to deliver value, spark growth, and perhaps, one day, find time for a quick game of tennis.
A builder of collective prosperity, Ruth Vachon has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Réseau des Femmes d'affaires du Québec (RFAQ) since 2010. For more than 15 years, she has transformed ambitious ideas into impactful initiatives while championing a vision that redefines how wealth is created through an economic model based on collaboration among women entrepreneurs.
As the driving force behind MAÏA, an AI-powered economic platform, Ruth is guided by a strong belief: true economic power lies not only in the success of an individual business, but in its ability to help others succeed as well.
Her vision is to position Canada as the world's first living laboratory for an economy built on collaboration among women entrepreneurs, demonstrating that a new approach to wealth creation is not only possible but more effective. Through MAÏA, she is helping shape an economic model in which individual success becomes a catalyst for collective prosperity, with the ambition of inspiring governments, organizations, and business communities around the world.
Convinced that the true strength of an economy is measured not only by the success of its businesses, but also by their ability to strengthen the communities around them, Ruth Vachon is dedicated to making collective prosperity the next driver of economic growth.
