Ben Barry, CEO, Ben Barry Agency Inc.
Ben Barry is CEO of the Ben Barry Agency Inc., an international model consultancy. He was the recipient of the CIBC National Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for making an outstanding contribution to Canada. Ben is one of the six recipients of the Governor General's Award in the Commemoration of the Persons Case. Ben is a business columnist for the Globe and Mail, and author of the Canadian bestseller Fashioning Reality: A New Generation of Entrepreneurship. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies from Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he studied on a four-year National Millennium Scholarship, and a Master's in Innovation and Strategy from Judge Business School at Cambridge University. He is currently conducting doctoral research on perceptions of beauty around the world on an Ogilvy Foundation Research Grant at Cambridge University, and writing his second book, Beyond Beauty: Discovering, Challenging, and Refining Beauty. Ben also serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Foundation of Women's Health and the Advisory Board for the Toronto Fashion Incubator.