Three members of the 91ÑÇÉ« community have been named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40, one of the country's most prestigious awards for young leaders.
Founded in 1995 by Caldwell, Canada's Top 40 Under 40 celebrates emerging visionaries, innovators and business leaders who have demonstrated exceptional achievement, leadership and community impact. Over the past three decades, the program has recognized many of Canada's most influential executives, entrepreneurs and changemakers at early stages of their careers.Â
The 2026 cohort includes Nick Frosst, Patrice Njoh and Jonathan Sherman, 91ÑÇÉ« community members who have demonstrated leadership in AI, consulting and law.
Nick Frosst, former research assistant
Frosst is a co-founder of Cohere, an AI company that creates large language models and tools specifically for businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, Cohere builds cutting-edge foundation models and end-to-end AI products that help businesses and governments solve real-world challenges with leading security, data privacy and deployment flexibility.
Frosst plays a key role in the company’s research efforts with a focus on delivering top-tier user experiences for customers. Prior to founding Cohere, he was the first employee hired by Geoffrey Hinton at Google Brain’s Toronto lab, where his research focused on capsule networks, adversarial robustness and model interpretability.
Frosst is a former research assistant at 91ÑÇÉ«'s Tsotsos Computer Vision Lab at the where he worked on visual saliency prediction algorithms, focusing on benchmarking and optimization from 2013-15.
Patrice Njoh, alum (IMBA '13)
Njoh is a partner at Deloitte Canada, where she advises senior executives on AI, technology, workforce transformation and enterprise change. She has partnered with some of Canada’s largest financial institutions and public sector organizations to adopt new technologies, redesign work and improve services used by millions of Canadians.
A frequent speaker on AI, leadership and the future of work, the alum helps shape the global conversation on how organizations can harness emerging technologies responsibly. She champions practical, people-first adoption strategies that help organizations realize value from innovation while building trust and long-term resilience.
Beyond Deloitte, she serves on the board of The Kickback Foundation and mentors emerging leaders shaping the next generation of Canadian business.
Jonathan Sherman, alum (JD '14)
Sherman serves as executive Chair of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, a partner in its Capital Markets and Public M&A Group and founder of its Cannabis Law Group. He is the youngest partner in the firm's history and a trusted advisor on some of the market’s most significant and complex transactions.
His practice focuses on emerging high-growth industries, including technology, beverage alcohol, gaming, cryptocurrency and real estate.
Sherman, an alum of , has advised on major capital markets and corporate transactions, and provides strategic and legal advice to a range of industry leaders, entrepreneurs and investment dealers. He also plays a central role in shaping Cassels’ strategic direction, and he is frequently invited to share his expertise and perspectives on business and law by journalists, conferences and academic institutions.