About – EOV Ventures

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About EOV

Emphasis On Viable, (EOV) Ventures was founded in 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia with the aim to offer wellness workshops created specifically for EOV by a worldwide team of experts. In a world that sees increased levels of workplace stress and mental saturation EOV saw the need to create spaces and techniques that help people lead well-balanced lives. EOV is inspired by the Shared Value Initiative and has committed five years of extensive in-depth research, strategy formalization, focus groups and workshop trials to develop the EOV Wellness Project™, a innovative, comprehensive wellness program. The EOV Wellness Project™ helps companies create Shared Value, for their employees and to address societal issues at large.

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Our mission

EOV’s mission is to provide innovative and effective health solutions that inspire people to be their best selves. Through our deeply researched comprehensive program, we strive to nurture physical, emotional, social and cognitive well-being.

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Who We Are

EOV is comprised of a team of accomplished professionals and the well-substantiated EOV Wellness Project™ highlights their abilities to develop and produce a purposeful and beneficial program.

We would like to thank all of the people that contribute to the success of our company that are not listed below.

Leadership Team

Robert Sutherland

President

Robert Sutherland

President

Robert founded EOV Ventures in 2013, as part of his work in developing Shared Value initiatives. Robert’s interest in this area started in 2011, when he was introduced to The Creating Shared Value (CSV) model outlined in The Harvard Business Review. His interest in developing this model, led to him co-founding a company with a focus on bringing the Shared Value concept to businesses in Canada. EOV was born as a continuation of that work, and Robert has gone on to gather an international team of experts and creatives to build the EOV Wellness Project™.

Robert first took interest in business at an early age from his mentor and late father. At 24, he became a director of Tuff Tug Winch Systems Ltd. He was also promoted to one of three managing directors at W.C. Holdings Ltd., a property holding company based in Sechelt, BC. Its mission was to develop the Eco Village Sechelt—a village designed and engineered to meet high functional and environmental standards and to encourage economic growth in the community.

Robert studied business at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and Camosun College. Prior to this Robert studied music at the Vancouver Community College, Selkirk College. He considers himself to be very fortunate for all the people with whom he has worked and the many from whom he has learned.

Dr Stewart-Patterson

Medical Director

Dr Stewart-Patterson

Medical Director

As Medical Director, Dr. Stewart-Patterson has been fundamental to the development of the EOV Wellness Project™. Thanks to his leadership, EOV has been able to distill the best medical information we have available to us today, to create a course that is rooted in solid research.

Dr. Stewart-Patterson received his MD from the University of Calgary in 1988 and has practiced Occupational Medicine since 1989. He has provided occupational medical services to police, fire, corrections officers, and Canadian Armed Forces, among other organizations where he clinically assesses the effects of stress. He has counselled corporate executives on stress management and wellness for years.

As a long-term educator he has lectured internationally on medical and psychiatric fitness to work, including a series of lectures at Harvard Medical School. He has also been a lecturer at the Wellington School of Medicine at the University of Otago in New Zealand and is the program director of a Stress Management course at Harvard Medical School. He is faculty and a scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute where he has taught Health Science faculty on medical educational principles.

Current Creative Team

Gwenael Lewis

Art Director/ Film Director

Gwenael Lewis

Art Director/ Film Director

Gwenael Lewis has been deeply involved in the visual expression of the EOV Wellness Project™, not only creating the visual style for all its communication channels, but also being deeply involved in the development of the project itself.

Gwenael is the Creative Director and principal of New Document, a Vancouver-based production company he founded. Gwenael has created film, animation and print projects for clients such as Bocci in Vancouver, as well as for various international fashion brands. In addition, he directed the Canucks Autism Network PSA. Prior to forming New Document, Gwenael worked at Chanel in Paris and collaborated with Louis Vuitton on diverse creative projects.

Sirish Rao

Writer

Sirish Rao

Writer

Sirish is an accomplished writer who has contributed considerably to the way in which the EOV Wellness Project™ communicates itself to the world. He is committed to EOV’s mission of comprehensive well-being, and the positive effect it can have on individuals and society.

Sirish was born and raised in India where he worked first as a mountain guide in the Himalaya, and then as a publisher of art, design and picture books. He moved to Vancouver in 2010, where he co-founded a festival of arts and ideas. In this role, Sirish has been responsible for introducing some of the world’s most noted artists and thinkers to Vancouver, in a roster that features Nobel, Booker, Grammy and Oscar winning artists alongside emerging talent. Sirish has authored twenty books, from commentaries on popular culture to children’s books. His books have been translated into seventeen languages and won several international awards. Sirish was a member of the External Advisory Committee for the City of Vancouver’s Creative City Strategy which is a comprehensive plan and vision for culture and creativity in Vancouver.

Sirish Rao

Past Contributors

Edo Van Breemen

Composer / Sound Designer

Edo Van Breemen

Composer / Sound Designer

Edo scored and created the breakthrough 3D sound experience for the EOV workshops, contributing a crucial element to EOV’s multi-dimensional approach to wellness.

Edo is a composer and director known for his powerful scores for such movies as Air, Afflicted and the documentaries Fractured Land, The Backward Glass and Strand Beasts. In addition to his work in film, he has also scored TV commercials for clients in Canada and in Europe.

Edo is the front man for the Vancouver-based ensemble Brasstroanut. He’s also a member of the band Unalaska. He is the winner of the SOCAN award for best Canadian songwriting in 2010 and has been nominated for the Polaris Prize.

Edo is currently an artist-in-residence at the 4D Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest where is developing a conceptual immersive sound therapy program for meditation and trauma recovery.

Douglas Toews

Creative Director

Douglas Toews

Creative Director

Douglas Toews was EOV’s founding Creative Director, and was integral to the conception, direction and expression of the EOV Wellness Project™. We mourn his passing in early 2019 and are thankful to have had his vision and dedication to the project.

Douglas led the creative team responsible for the development of EOV’s unique workshop experiences and played a significant role in the project management for the company. Douglas came to EOV following an impressive international career in creating and developing brand experiences across all media—film, print, 3D, architecture, digital and point-of- sale – for some of the world’s greatest brands. Douglas was behind the creation of global campaigns for many of the L’Oréal group’s brands in Paris and New York. Prior to that he served as Chief Creative Officer for Coty – the world’s largest fragrance company. He also served as Executive Creative Director at Select NY, Publicis Paris and McCann-Erickson New York. He also recommended a new creative platform and 360 marketing program for Rodale, the publisher of Men’s and Women’s Health and Prevention magazines and a recognized global wellness leader. Douglas was very committed to the idea of wellness and his contributions to the EOV Wellness Project™ are evident in the work. We are grateful to have been able to work with him.

Terra Slade

Director of Marketing and Client Relations

Terra Slade

Director of Marketing and Client Relations

Terra was the Director of Marketing and Client Relations at EOV and helped spread the word about the EOV Wellness Project™ to companies and organizations throughout the Lower Mainland. Terra worked with future clients to recognize the value of investing in the overall well-being of employees by offering viable solutions within company budgets to help employees achieve a better, more balanced life in and outside of the office.

Terra has provided business and financial consulting services to companies in all industries, of all sizes. For the last 2 years she worked with Yocale a local SaaS start-up managing multiple initiatives to develop company direction and strategy. She worked with RSG, a Vancouver based consulting and advisory firm for over 7 years and some of her clients included, Samsung, Invoke Media, Hootsuite, Weir-Jones Engineering, Eastside Games, Recon Instruments, Canadian Valley Growers, Terra Breads and Clevest Solutions. She strives to provide effective, customized solutions and business initiatives that contribute to meeting her client’s company strategies and objectives. Terra has developed and implemented well-defined and efficient processes and procedures that promote productivity and optimization. She has assisted in securing over 40 million dollars in government funding for her clients. Throughout her career, Terra has always had one goal in mind, to assist her clients in making improvements to their bottom line.

As a business professional, wife and mom of 2 young boys Terra understands that our lives are often too busy to stop. Terra values the EOV Wellness Project™ as a way to switch from optimizing productivity through process, procedures and sourcing alternative financial support, to a focus on improving the personal well-being of employees, who are every company’s greatest asset.