Women's LEAD Toronto 2022

Since launching Knix in 2013, Founder and CEO Joanna Griffiths has built it into one of the fastest growing intimate apparel brands worldwide. Through its mission to empower women and its focus on product innovation, Knix has become the sixth fastest growing company in Canada with a product sold every six seconds.

Griffiths is recognized nationally and internationally for her work as a marketing disrupter and entrepreneur. She was the only Canadian to be named one of AdWeek’s 2021 Women Trailblazers, with her long list of accolades also including being named Waterstone's Most Admired CEO and Women of Influence’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

Griffiths is a known champion of body positivity, mental health, and postpartum health. In 2021, she released her first book Life After Birth, which celebrates the early stages of life and the start of motherhood. Griffiths holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD and currently sits on the board of Futurpreneur Canada.

Holmes has opened for comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Leslie Nielsen, and Ellen DeGeneres, as well as hosted events for such visionaries as Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, and Oprah Winfrey! Although a comedian at heart, having performed with the Second City and Just for Laughs, Holmes has recently delved into writing: penning the book I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life.

Jim Beqaj is an esteemed performance coach and author. He is the founder of Beqaj International, recruiting, consulting and coaching and has worked on Toronto’s Bay Street for years.