Paulina Cameron has been appointed as CEO for the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) in 2019. The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FEW) is a Canadian charity that educates, mentors and connects women entrepreneurs to be wildly successful, promoting strong economies and thriving communities. FEW supports women who are venturing into new business opportunities or ready to ramp up and grow their existing business. From start-up advice to specific tips and tricks.
Prior to this role, Paulina was the Regional Director for Western Canada (BC, Alberta + Yukon) at Futurpreneur Canada - a national NPO providing early stage resources, mentorship, and financing to startup entrepreneurs aged 18-39; she supported hundreds of entrepreneurs in launching their businesses. A champion of gender equality, Paulina is the author of bestselling Canada 150 Women: conversations with champions, leaders and luminaries; and has gained international recognition for her work.
She has been recognized in the community for her significant contributions, including being awarded the Vancouver Board of Trade’s inaugural Wendy McDonald Award, The International Alliance for Women Top 100 Award in Washington DC, the KPMG National Leadership Award, and was a finalist for the YWCA’s Women of Distinction Awards, in the Young Woman of Distinction category. Paulina’s philanthropy includes serving on the YWCA Canada Board Finance Committee, being Board of Directors for the Immigration Employment Council for BC, co-founding The Raise Collective, and activator with SheEO™.
Prior to Futurpreneur, she gained her business expertise working at KPMG in audit and management consulting, obtaining the CPA, CA designation and co-founding and running Young Women in Business.
Joined the Small Business Roundtable: May, 2018