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2011 FINALIST – ERNST & YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Since 1994, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award has been the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. In 2011, SPF Precut Lumber President, Muhammad Amir, was honoured as a finalist in the Canada-Pacific region for this famed award. In the Canada-Pacific region, Muhammad Amir was the only forestry-sector entrepreneur amongst the finalists in a wide-range of industries. The awards gained local and national media coverage in The National Post, Vancouver Sun, BCBusiness, and other publications.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards celebrate the entrepreneurs who lead the way in the business world with their big ideas, big risks, and big vision, as an award with worldwide recognition.

The Canada-Pacific region celebration was held on October 5, 2011 and hosted by Global BC news anchor, Sophie Lui.

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