Arlene Dickinson (born 8 October, 1956 in South Africa) is a Canadian marketing professional and CEO of Venture Communications Dickinson joined Venture Communications in 1988, taking sole ownership in 1998. During her tenure she has taken the company from a local firm into one of Canada's largest independent marketing firms, with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa. She has been recognized with several honours and awards including: Global Television Woman of Vision[1]; the Calgary Business Owner of the Year Award; PROFIT magazine’s TOP 100 Women Business Owners, 2001 to 2006[2][2]; a winner of the Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence[3]; Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, 2003 to 2006[4]; Ad Rodeo’s Lifetime Achievement Award; and Marketing Magazine’s Power List. Venture has been recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies [5] She is one of the venture capitalists on the Canadian version of Dragons' Den in 2007, which airs on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld.
References
- ^ "Global Television Woman of Vision Recipients, retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ a b "Profit Magazine, Canadas top 100 Women Entrepreneurs 2005, retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ "Pinnacle Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence 2002, retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ http://wxnetwork.com/top100.html "Canada's Most Powerful Women 2003-2006], retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies 2001, retrieved May 17, 2007.
