The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has announced the recipients of the 2013 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards.

The Awards celebrate the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors at a time when corporate Canada is under growing pressure to promote more female leaders into senior management and corporate director roles.

Since its inception in 1997, WXN has created and delivered networking, mentoring and professional and personal development opportunities for women in leadership roles, growing into a sizable community of more than 19,000 members across Canada and Ireland. As of today, WXN has honoured 728 of Canada’s most powerful women and inducted 93 of these women into the Top 100 Hall of Fame.

Here are some of this year’s winners:

In the RBC Champions category, recipients include:

  • Jane Allen, Partner and Chief Diversity Officer, Deloitte LLP, Toronto
  • Susan Allen, Assurance Partner, International Team Leader, Global Assurance Quality Group, PwC, Toronto
  • Lynn McGrade, Partner and Toronto Regional Investment Management Group Leader Chair, Business Development Committee, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto

Winners in the Scotiabank Corporate Executives category include:

  • Mary De Paoli, Executive Vice-President, Public & Corporate Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer at Sun Life Financial, Toronto. (Her proud brother, Advisor Group senior editor Dean DiSpalatro, extends his congratulations!)
  • Shauneen Bruder, EVP and Head of Operations, RBC, Toronto
  • Kim Thompson, SVP, Advisory Services, Credential Financial Inc., Vancouver
  • Jacqui Allard, Senior Vice President, Head of Operations & Chief Information Officer, Investment Division, Manulife Financial, Toronto
  • Christina Kramer, Executive Vice President, Retail Distribution & Channel Strategy, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto
  • Linda Mantia, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services and Chief Procurement Officer, RBC, Toronto
  • Anne Marie O’Donovan, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Global Banking and Markets, Scotiabank, Toronto

Awards in the Accenture Corporate Directors category went to six winners, including:

  • Beth Horowitz, Corporate Director, HSBC Bank Canada, Toronto
  • Christiane Bergevin, Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Desjardins Business Development, Office of the President, Desjardins Group, Montréal
  • Isabelle Hudon, President, Sun Life Financial, Québec, Montréal

The WXN Hall of Fame also added five inductees, including Lynn Jeanniot, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs at National Bank of Canada in Montréal.