Ana Pereira

Destined to be an educator, Ana Pereira is known for her passionate and animated ability to explain concepts in engaging, interesting and often fun way.

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Ana Pereira is a Professor in the Center for Business at George Brown College in Toronto.  

 

An accomplished Retail Executive who has built a reputation for her expertise in areas of Retail Strategy, E-Commerce, Merchandising, Global Sourcing, Product Development, Inventory Management, Branding, and Marketing – with experience working and living in Canada and the U.S.

 

Ana’s diverse skillset ranges from various executive roles in the retail industry in Canada and the U.S. including extensive experience in developing retail strategy, managing departments such as buying, marketing, sourcing, product development, inventory planning and management, visual merchandising. She has also managed retail stores and operations in North America for a large specialty retailer.  

 

In her career, Ana developed the strategy and execution plan of a new retail concept that was launched for a major retailer; been part of a new e-commerce launch team; involved in several new ERP system specification teams; set up overseas staff and sourcing offices; and re-positioned a retail chain to success by developing new strategies and building effective teams.

 

Previous positons include General Manager of Brand Strategy such as The Hudson’s Bay Company as, IBM Strategic Retail Consulting Practice, North America. Ana started her career as a buyer at Holt Renfrew.

 

Ana has a passion for learning and progressive teaching style uses real industry situations as assignments, in addition to bringing in guest speakers who are current industry leaders to better prepare students for the workforce. 

 

MBA, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

BA, Economics, York University

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2017 and 2016, Ana was invited by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to be part of the judging panel for the Ontario Business Achievement Awards. 

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2017 George Brown College Alumni Award Adjudication Team

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Adhoc advisory committee of Yorkville University, BBA program proposed for Ontario.

 

Keynote speaker on the subject of Raising Your Small Business Brand Profile, and mentors new graduates in navigating their early career. 

 

2014 Instructor at the Fashion Merchandising and Marketing Program at The Academy of Design. (now Toronto Film School) 

 

Some Career Highlights include:

2014-Present:  Professor, George Brown College Centre for Business

2014:   Professor, The Academy of Design, Toronto

2009–2014:  General Merchandise Manager of Nine West Canada

2003-2008:  General Manager of Brand Strategy at Hudson’s Bay Company

2001:  Retail Strategy Consultant at IBM Retail Practice in North America, Global Services

1998:  Executive Vice President Paul Harris, Indianapolis, Indiana. USA