Headquarters:
7 Victoria St W, Kamloops, BC V2C 1A2
Year founded:
1973
Number of employees:
2,000+
Phone:
416 667 2700
Email:
lcusator@kamloops.ca
Website:
sanofi.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/sanofi
Sanofi
Kate Winchester
Head of Manufacturing & Supply Canada
Ali Qadirian
Head of Site Health, Safety and Environment
Jan Lutzen
Head of Site Engineering & Maintenance
Leadership
Kate Winchester is the Head of Manufacturing and Supply Canada and the Toronto Site Head at Sanofi. She leads vaccine manufacturing and supply operations with a steadfast commitment to safety excellence. She prioritizes a strong safety culture, ensuring that every team member returns home safely each day. Winchester’s leadership drives operational efficiency while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards, enabling Sanofi to deliver life-saving vaccines to patients worldwide.
Head of Manufacturing & Supply Canada
Kate Winchester
Ali Qadirian leads the site’s HSE strategy, championing a culture of safety excellence and environmental stewardship. He is dedicated to ensuring that every employee returns home safely each day while maintaining the highest standards of workplace health and environmental responsibility.
Qadirian’s leadership drives continuous improvement in safety performance, risk management, and regulatory compliance. His commitment to protecting people and the planet aligns with Sanofi’s values and mission to create a healthier, more resilient world.
Head of Site Health, Safety and Environment
Ali Qadirian
Jan Lutzen leads the engineering and maintenance teams that are fundamental to supporting a strong HSE culture. Through proactive equipment maintenance, facility integrity, and engineering excellence, he ensures safe, reliable operations that protect employees and enable continuous production.
His team’s commitment to preventive maintenance and technical innovation directly supports safety performance and environmental stewardship. Lutzen’s leadership demonstrates how engineering and maintenance are critical pillars of workplace safety, ensuring that robust systems and well-maintained facilities create a safer environment for all.
Head of Site Engineering & Maintenance
Jan Lutzen
Jennifer Kim
Head of Drug Substance Manufacturing
Jennifer Kim plays a pivotal role in shaping HSE culture on the manufacturing floor by empowering frontline leaders to take full accountability for safety performance. Through visible leadership, coaching, and setting clear expectations, she fosters an environment where safety is not just a priority but a shared responsibility.
Kim’s influence ensures that manufacturing leaders actively champion safe behaviours, drive continuous improvement, and lead by example. Her commitment to embedding HSE accountability at every level reinforces Sanofi’s mission of ensuring every employee returns home safely each day.
Head of Drug Substance Manufacturing
Jennifer Kim
Thomas Ridel
Head of Drug Product Manufacturing
Thomas Ridel is a transformational leader who places HSE culture at the heart of manufacturing operations. By championing safety as a core value rather than a compliance requirement, Thomas inspires his teams to embrace a proactive mindset toward risk prevention and continuous improvement.
Ridel’s visible commitment to safety sets the tone on the manufacturing floor, driving meaningful cultural transformation and accountability at every level. His leadership ensures that HSE excellence is deeply embedded in the company’s daily operations.
Head of Drug Product Manufacturing
Thomas Ridel
Sanofi is an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. We apply our deep understanding of the immune system to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world, with an innovative pipeline that could benefit millions more.
Sanofi is the largest biopharma manufacturer in Canada, investing, innovating and operating across the full life sciences value chain. We are 2,000+ employees strong, invest 20% of our revenue annually in biopharma research, and are on track to deliver over $2 billion in new infrastructure investments by 2028. Sanofi is committed to our community and is working with partners to foster a long-term sustainable ecosystem and build a healthier Canada.
Sanofi prioritizes a strong safety culture, leading the industry in safety excellence and ensuring the well-being of its employees, patients, and communities. Guided by its values and a legacy of impact, Sanofi’s diverse teams around the world are united by their determination to never give up and to always aim higher – for patients, the planet, and their employees.
“Expectations are high, as is support. There is a shared understanding that we are building something meant to last, both for clients and within the firm”
Jared Chase, Team Holmes – Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, LLC
Greg Glasier
Head of Site Quality
Vicki Choy
Head of Process Excellence
Ken Uzeloc
Protective Services Director and Fire Chief
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Greg Glasier leads the site’s quality operations with a deep understanding that HSE and quality are intrinsically aligned – both rooted in a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and doing things right the first time. His leadership reinforces that a strong safety culture and uncompromising quality standards go hand in hand, each strengthening the other.
By fostering shared values across quality and HSE teams, Glasier ensures that rigorous standards protect both employees and patients. His commitment exemplifies Sanofi’s dedication to excellence in every aspect of operations.
Head of Site Quality
Greg Glasier
Vicki Choy is a passionate champion of HSE culture transformation, leveraging her process excellence expertise to drive systematic improvements in safety performance and culture. Through data-driven insights, continuous improvement methodologies, and cross-functional collaboration, she identifies opportunities to enhance HSE practices and embed safety excellence into every process.
Her leadership fosters a culture where safety and operational excellence are seamlessly integrated, ensuring that robust processes support both employee well-being and business outcomes. Her commitment to transforming HSE culture reinforces Sanofi’s mission of ensuring everyone returns home safely each day.
Head of Process Excellence
Vicki Choy
Ken Uzeloc is the City of Kamloops’ protective services director and fire chief, bringing more than 30 years of experience in emergency response, municipal enforcement, and executive leadership. He joined the City in 2022 and was appointed director in October 2023, overseeing approximately 400 employees.
Uzeloc contributes nationally through his work with several fire service associations and the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. He is guided by the principle, “Safety is at the root of everything we do… Without a culture of safety, everything that matters is at risk.”
Protective Services Director and Fire Chief
Ken Uzeloc
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
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InvestmentNews’ 2026 5-Star Wealth Management Teams award was awarded in May 2026 and recognized US-based firms for client growth and retention over the preceding 12 months. A total of 772 firms were nominated, and 97 were recognized following the IN editorial team’s qualitative and quantitative review. No fees were paid for consideration or receipt, and clients were not involved in the process. Some recipients, including the advisor, paid post-award fees for optional promotional materials, which did not influence the award process. Third-party rankings and recognitions serve as benchmarks but do not guarantee future investment success or represent individual client evaluations. For details on the professional designations displayed herein, including descriptions, minimum requirements, and ongoing education requirements, as well as full details on third-party rankings, awards, and accolades, please visit the similarly named section at seia.com/disclosures. Alternative investments may not be suitable for all investors. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, LLC (SEIA) is an SEC-registered investment adviser; however, such registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training, and no inference to the contrary should be made. Securities offered through Signature Estate Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through SEIA, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90067, (310) 712-2323.
Many new clients arrive through referrals – from existing clients and professional partners – reflecting relationships built over time.
Perhaps the most telling aspect of SEIA’s recognition is what it says about the firm’s approach to client relationships at their most human moments. When markets grow turbulent and anxiety rises, the firm’s advisors are trained not simply to reassure but to slow decisions down, provide context, and gently reinforce the long-term plans when they are needed most.
In an era when wealth management is under pressure to automate, commoditize, and digitize, SEIA’s positioning within the wealth management landscape rests on something more analog: the steady presence of people who know their clients well, show up consistently, and take the responsibility of guiding others seriously.
Jared Chase adds, “Expectations are high, as is support. There is a shared understanding that we are building something meant to last, both for clients and within the firm.”
The firm’s investment approach, while secondary to its broader wealth management mandate, remains a key component of its process. In the past year across 2025, SEIA deployed structured notes; employed concentrated stock solutions, including long-short strategies and option collars; and leaned into conviction-driven individual stock selection through its internal investment management team – a combination utilized by the firm during a volatile market environment.
What further distinguishes SEIA from many of its peers is not only a structural choice but also a cultural one. A significant portion of the firm’s advisors began their careers at SEIA itself, advancing through a formal development track that emphasizes mentorship and shared responsibility. Long tenures are common, and turnover is relatively low.
Leadership at the firm has reinforced this culture through deliberate decision-making, consistently prioritizing infrastructure, governance, and people over rapid expansion. The result is an organization that has man aged to scale while maintaining a consistent, coherent client experience.
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Brian Holmes, Team Holmes – Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, LLC
