When you make a bad investment, you probably want someone to hold hands with. That is how Murray Leith describes his job – he is the one to hold your hand during turbulence and help keep you from panicking. This role stems from his family and educational background in finance – he knew he wanted to be in that industry. As time went along, he realized that his goal depended on writing and discovering what he had to say – and how to say it well.

How do you create economic opportunities and attract the right investments? That is a question that Jacquie Griffiths tries to answer every day, as the President of Invest Vancouver. The key to this is developing talent and seeking investors from abroad, helping to create a well-rounded industry. This is a lot of responsibility – and it all depends on the sense of relationship-building that she developed very early in her career in workforce development.