International Women’s Day 2024: Aritzia CEO Jennifer Wong
What can you do to inspire inclusion? To illuminate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) theme, our IWD 2024 webinar will showcase business leader Jennifer Wong (BA’91), who took on the retail industry. Discover her remarkable rise from a shoe buyer at Aritzia to leading the Vancouver-based company as its CEO. Learn how she cultivates a culture of learning and creativity so you can encourage acceptance and belonging in your own workplace. One lucky attendee will win a $250 gift card from Aritzia (UBC and alumni UBC employees and their families are not eligible).
This webinar is a collaboration between UBC Dialogues, the alumni UBC Career Education Program, and the UBC Student Alumni Council.
Speaker
Jennifer Wong, BA’91 (she/her) — Chief Executive Officer, Aritzia
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
12:00pm–1:00pm PT
Online
Open to everyone. Registration is required.
REGISTER NOWQuestions? Please contact alumni.careers@ubc.ca.
Speaker Biography
Jennifer Wong, BA’91
Jennifer Wong (BA’91) is Chief Executive Officer of Everyday Luxury™ fashion retailer Aritzia. Wong began her tenure at Aritzia in 1987 as a part-time sales associate, advancing her way through retail leadership roles to serve as President, Chief Operating Officer, and chair of the executive committee for seven years. She was elected to the Board of Directors in 2016 and appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2022. Embodying Aritzia’s values, culture, and leadership philosophies, Wong has led virtually every facet of the business, building critical infrastructure across people, process, technology, and space, and pioneering key strategic growth initiatives — including the expansion of distribution facilities, enterprise technology implementations, the launch of the eCommerce business, and the initial U.S. expansion. A visionary and results-driven leader, Wong has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, with Business in Vancouver’s 2023 BC CEO Award and as a Glossy 50 honoree, and is a member of the Business Council of Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from UBC.
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