Amanda Stassen is an x-Corporate VP Marketing turned Impact Entrepreneur. She’s the Founder & Chief Growth Officer at BIZU Innovation, a strategic branding & creative agency that brings ‘big brand muscle & entrepreneurial hustle’ to SME & Start-up companies. On a mission to build up entrepreneurship in Canada, Amanda is also the host of the Purpose Powered Brand, a podcast for leaders transforming business into a force for good.

Combining her educational background in neuroscience, psychology & behavioural commerce and her passion for human flourishing, Amanda recently launched Swagger & Co, a mental fitness lifestyle & apparel brand on a mission to spread the power of positivity to change the world, one good word at a time.

Guided by the belief that life is precious & every person has been created for a purpose, Amanda has been an active volunteer in the anti-human trafficking movement since 2014, supporting organizations like Fight4Freedom, SafeHope Home and BridgeNorth where she was a Founding Director & Chairperson for 4 years.

She resides north of Toronto, Canada with her husband of 30 years and their American Bulldog, Bucky Barnes. With two grown children & a first grandchild on the way, when she’s not working she’ll be elbow-deep in creating food magic that brings family together.