Norm Sabapathy, EVP, People, Communications and Technology, has been named Canada's Most Admired Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO) for 2023. In the inaugural year of the Most Admired CPCO award, Norm has made history by being the first-ever named recipient of this esteemed recognition in the “enterprise” category. This achievement reflects Norm’s impactful leadership in a Canadian-based organization with revenues of $500 million or more. Voted on by an independent Board of Governors with leaders from some of Canada's top organizations, this recognition from Waterstone Human Capital is part of their annual recognition of the best-in class Canadian organizations and is given to people and culture leaders at Canadian companies who have achieved significant accomplishments in their career using the power of people and culture to drive organizational performance. “The 2023 Canada’s Most Admired award recipients exemplify how culture drives performance, especially in the face of economic uncertainty and other recruitment and retention challenges,” says Marty Parker, President and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital and Chair of the Canada’s Most Admired™ program. “This year’s winners are leveraging culture to drive growth and success in today’s highly competitive talent market through the acquisition, retention, and optimization of high-performance leaders, teams, and corporate cultures.” “This year’s winning leaders and organizations actively craft culture in alignment with their purpose and values every day, and help drive culture as competitive advantage,” says Parker. “On behalf of Waterstone Human Capital and our partners, we look forward to celebrating this year’s winners and the impact culture is having on their success.” “Being the first recipient of Canada's Most Admired Chief People and Culture Officer, is an incredible honour, and I deeply appreciate it” says Norm. “This award certainly reflects CF’s commitment to people and culture as a competitive advantage in line with our purpose and values.” About Waterstone Human Capital At Waterstone, we inspire organizations to build high performance teams and cultures. We are a leading cultural talent management professional services firm working with entrepreneurial-minded, high-growth organizations that see culture as their single greatest asset. We support organizations in unleashing the power of their corporate culture to drive growth and performance through: our best-in-class executive search and recruitment practice; and the Waterstone Culture Institute, a proven resource for organizations looking for culture transformation, culture measurement and advisory, leadership assessment, and leadership and team development services. Waterstone is also the founder of the Canada’s Most Admired Awards programs. These national programs annually recognize best-in-class Canadian organizations, CEOs, and Chief People and Culture Officers for fostering cultures that enhance performance and help sustain a competitive advantage. For more information, please visit waterstonehc.com, this will open in a new tab or canadasmostadmired.com, this will open in a new tab.