Sarah Loewen

Professional Focus

• Nearly 10 years’ combined human resources and executive search experience
• Executive-level searches in the real estate, construction, manufacturing, and retail sectors with special emphasis on real estate, accounting, and finance roles
• Specialized expertise working with Indigenous organizations for executive-level mandates based in remote communities
• Deep understanding of all phases of the search process: strategy development and execution, industry and market research, senior-level sourcing, candidate identification, development and assessment, client management

Business Expertise

• Previous HR experience in manufacturing, mining, and construction companies
• Held a training and development role within a global mining firm in Nunavut; worked on programs to increase diversity of employees through educational programs
• Extensive academic research on cross-organizational sponsorship and mentorship programs to increase gender diversity in the C-suite
• Broad human resources experience including compensation, benefits negotiation and administration, training and development, HR policies, employee engagement and performance programs, as well as recruitment

Sector Expertise

• Real Estate
• Industrial
• Construction
• Energy
• Transportation
• Infrastructure

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Human Resource Management from Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
• Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI)

Affiliations & Awards

• Boyden Rising Star Award (2021)
• Mindtrust Leadership Volunteer (2020 - 2023)