Alumni named Top 40 Under 40

By Paul Mayne

Western University congratulates five of its alumni for being named to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2017. Through hard work and dedication, these alumni have earned one of Canada’s most prestigious honours for young leaders.

Alumni honoured this year include:

Taylor Ablitt
HBA'10
Co-Founder & CEO, Diply

Michael Katchen HBA’09
Co-Founder & CEO, Wealthsimple

Matt Switzer
BSc’02 (Computer Science)
Senior VP, Strategy & Corporate Development, Hootsuite

Aristotle Voineskos

BSc’99
Director, Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health


Kristen Wood

BA’02 (Philosophy, Huron University College)
Creator and CEO, THE TEN SPOT Beauty Bars

Founded in 1995 by Caldwell Partners, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 is a dynamic awards program that identifies outstanding young achievers in Canadian business, visionaries and innovators changing the way things are done. They are inspiring others and already giving back to their communities and to Canada.

Honourees have gone on to create remarkable track records of achievement post-award; the ranks of Top 40 alumni include hundreds of nationally and internationally prominent CEOs, CFOs, executives and entrepreneurs.