Home Trust joins WBE Canada as a Corporate Member
Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is excited to announce that Home Trust, one of Canada’s leading financial service institutions has joined us as our newest Corporate Member.
Home Trust was founded in 1986 to help Canadians reach their financial goals. Providing a wide range of financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, deposits and retail lending, Home Trust is proudly Canadian with headquarters in Toronto and offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal and Halifax. Home Trust helps people across Canada achieve their dreams of home ownership and save for their future.
“Home Trust is proud to join WBE Canada and its growing professional network,” said Yousry Bissada, President and CEO of Home Trust. “Their efforts in creating opportunities for Canadian women-owned businesses align with our own purpose of supporting economic inclusion for underrepresented groups. Through this membership, we are strengthening our support of supplier diversity.”
“Home Trust’s commitment to creating opportunities in their supply chain for Canada’s women-owned businesses is going to play a crucial role in the economic recovery of our community. I am thrilled to welcome them into our WBE Canada family and look forward to working closely with them to help them develop their supplier diversity program and engage more Canadian women-owned businesses in their supply chain”, said Silvia Pencak, President, WBE Canada.
About Home Trust
Home Trust is a federally regulated trust company offering residential and non-residential mortgage lending, securitization of residential mortgage products, consumer lending and credit card services. In addition, Home Trust offers deposits via brokers and financial planners, and through a direct-to-consumer brand, Oaken Financial. Home Trust also conducts business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Home Bank. Licensed to conduct business across Canada, we have offices in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba.
About WBE Canada
Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is a Canadian non-profit organization with its goal being to bring corporate and government buyers and Canadian Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) together. WBE Canada certifies majority-owned, managed, and controlled women’s businesses. They provide a range of programs and services to assist WBEs in better accessing business opportunities with major corporations. This includes training and education, through annual conferences, workshops and webinars, and mentoring programs and networking events with like-minded businesswomen and corporate members. WBE Canada also provides its corporate members with forums, tools and techniques to broaden and strengthen their goals.
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Sharon Ferdinands, Marketing and Communication Manager, sferdinands@wbecanada.ca