Business leaders must help integrate immigrants: Wes Hall
BNN Bloomberg
A Canadian business leader who rose up the ranks of Bay Street from rural Jamaica is encouraging the corporate world to do more when to comes to embracing immigrants.
Wes Hall, founder of Kingsdale Advisors, is a finalist for this year’s National Business Book Award for his memoir, "No Bootstraps When You’re Barefoot," which tells the story of his early life and career in business world after he arrived in Canada.
Hall told BNN Bloomberg that he owes his professional success to Canadians who saw potential in him as a newcomer and helped foster his career.
“I’ve met some incredible people (in Canada) who saw potential in me and (said), ‘I’m going to see what I can do to bring that true potential out that I see in that kid,’ and none of those people look like me,” Hall said in a Wednesday television interview.
