Daphne Kao

Most recently, Daphne was the Head of People & Culture at Knixwear, an E-Commerce women's apparel company based out of Toronto with retail pop-up stores. At Knixwear, Daphne was accountable for the foundational build out of all HR processes, policies and programs, the day-to-day HR operations and leading all culture initiatives. Prior to Knixwear, Daphne was at Aritzia where she led as the HR partner for various areas of the business during her tenure, including Retail Operations, Customer Service, Store Development, E-Commerce, Marketing and Retail Stores in Ontario. Daphne's previous experience also touched on the technology sector, having led the Canadian HR function for AOL (now Verizon Media). Daphne holds an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto, is a Certified Human Resources Leader, and has been trained through the Coaches Training Institute.