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Meredith Best

Activist · DISC type Cd
Assistant Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at University of Toronto Scarborough
📍 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Meredith Best is an ecosystem builder focused on innovation and strategic partnerships, currently driving retail transformation at Walmart Canada. Her career spans academia, finance, and the non-profit sector, with key roles including Assistant Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She holds an MBA from the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics.

She is passionate about fostering sustainable business, having mentored entrepreneurs in circular fashion and sustainable farming. Meredith also serves on the advisory board for The Black Academy, a Canadian organization dedicated to celebrating Black talent and dismantling systemic racism. Her interests include environmental and agricultural policy.

Unique fact: Merediths diverse career has given her deep expertise across the non-profit, private, and broader public sectors.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Assistant Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Personality Overview

How Meredith shows up

Observative
Logical And Quick
Perfectionist

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Meredith cares about

Retail Innovation
Currently leads ecosystem development for Walmart Canada's innovation team, focusing on transforming the customer experience through new technology and solutions.
Ecosystem Building
A core theme of her career, focused on creating mutually beneficial partnerships between different industries to foster innovation and sustainable growth.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Assistant Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
University of Toronto Scarborough
2023
Professor, The Business School
Centennial College
2023
Steering Committee Member
East Scarborough Storefront
2023 - 2024
Senior Lead, Innovation Office
Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA)
2023 - 2023
Entrepreneur in Residence
10C Shared Space
In the press

Media appearances

Meredith Best, MBA (Parental Leave) | Office of the Vice-Principal .... Featured in University of Toronto Scarborough – Office of the Vice-Principal
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MEET THE SIP TEAM - University of Toronto Scarborough. Featured in University of Toronto Scarborough – Research
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University
Certificate - Strategic Leadership
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Honours
Brock University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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