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Heather Reisman is the founder, Chair and CEO of Indigo, Canada’s largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer, and co-founder of Kobo, a leading global eReading company. Ms. Reisman was born in Montreal and educated at McGill University. For the first 16 years of her career Ms. Reisman was Managing Director of Paradigm Consulting, the strategy and change management firm she co-founded in 1979. Paradigm was the world's first strategic change consultancy and pioneered many organizational change strategies still in use today. Heather is a former Governor of McGill University and of the Toronto Stock Exchange. She has served on many North American boards and continues to serve as a Director on the board of Onex Corporation, and as an Officer of Mount Sinai Hospital. She is also a member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee, a geo-political think group. Ms. Reisman is the recipient of several awards including The Order of Canada, The WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Waterloo Entrepren
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- • 2,540 investors hold the Co-Founder role in VCSift. Heather Reisman is one of them.
- • 2,014 investors are based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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