MONTREAL – Bell Media’s Mary Deacon, Wendy Freeman and Lainey Lui have been recognized by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) with Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Awards.
The Top 100 Awards recognize the professional achievements of talented leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Deacon, Freeman and Lui will be honoured, along with their fellow award recipients, Thursday at a gala event in Toronto.
A passionate advocate and leader in the mental health community, Deacon (pictured) assumed her role as chair of Bell Let’s Talk, the largest-ever corporate initiative of its kind in Canada, after a 25-year career in the philanthropic sector, including 10 years as the inaugural president of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation.
Freeman, named president of CTV News in December 2010, is responsible for news, information and current events programming. She presides over all Bell Media news editorial content and news-gathering efforts, and has led CTV News’ award-winning and most-watched coverage of the world’s biggest news stories.
Lui is a co-host of CTV's The Social and an eTalk reporter. In addition, more than one million readers and Twitter followers read her LaineyGossip.com each month, making it a leading international celebrity gossip source.
"On behalf of the entire Bell team, I offer our heartfelt congratulations to Mary, Wendy and Lainey on this well-deserved recognition of their talent and accomplishments," said George Cope, president and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada, in the announcement. "These are leaders highly respected at our company and across the Canadian communications industry for their vision, results and commitment to excellence in everything they do."
Founded in 1997, WXN is dedicated to the advancement and recognition of women in management, executive, professional and board roles. WXN creates and delivers innovative networking, mentoring, professional and personal development to inform, inspire, connect and recognize our community of 22,000 smart women and their organizations in the pursuit of excellence.
