Bonnie Brooks, President and CEO, The Bay will be an Extraordinary Stories speaker

April 16, 2010

Bonnie Brooks

The ICA and The Globe and Mail are delighted to announce that Bonnie Brooks, President and CEO, the Hudson’s Bay Company will be an Extraordinary Stories speaker.

The Bay is the country’s oldest department store and operates 94 stores across Canada. Ms. Brooks has over two decades of extensive prestige brand and department store experience. Ms. Brooks has spent more than 25 years building prestige retail formats around the world, like Holt Renfrew, Lane Crawford, Harvey Nichols, and leading designer brand stand-alone stores in Asia.

In Canada, Ms. Brooks is best known for her roles at Holt Renfrew where she was Executive Vice President/General Merchandise Manager and Senior Vice President of Marketing. In these executive positions, she had complete responsibility for strategic planning, all marketing functions, all merchandise buying, designer brand acquisition, and more. She has also served as Editor-in-Chief of FLARE, Canada’s largest fashion and lifestyle magazine and has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.

DATE: Thursday, May 27, 2010