Eveline Charles

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Eveline Charles was born and raised in the small French community of Falher, Alberta and is a leading Canadian entrepreneur and business woman in the beauty salon and day spa industry.

Early Career

Eveline enrolled in the Marvel Beauty School immediately after high school. She began cutting hair professionally in 1974, and ten years later opened her first salon, Bianco Nero in Edmonton.

Business Development

During the 1980s and early 90s, Eveline established Bianco Nero as a premier Edmonton beauty salon. At the forefront of the day spa movement, in 1995 Eveline expanded the location to include a full service day spa. A second Bianco Nero salon and spa was opened in West Edmonton Mall in 1998, and it was during this period that Eveline stepped out from behind the salon chair to focus entirely on developing her business. To expand further into Calgary and develop and trademark several product lines, Eveline changed the name of her company from Bianco Nero to EvelineCharles™ Salons • Spas and now has 9 locations in Canada.

Influence

Eveline Charles is one of the most recognized names in the Canadian salon and spa industry, and has grown her privately held business from a one woman operation to the multi-million dollar corporation bearing her name.

Accolades

Global Salon Business Awards, Global Salon Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, 2004
Profit Magazine, Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs 2007 (26), 2006 (31), 2005 (36), 2004 (48)
Ivey School of Business and Scotiabank Group, Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 2007
Consumer’s Choice Awards, Business Woman of the Year 2002
Alberta Venture Magazine, Marketer of the Year 2001

Community

EvelineCharles Salons and Spas supports the Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS) and their “Homeless for a Night” annual event. Eveline was also a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Compassion House Foundation – where breast cancer patients receive support during diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Other organizations that the company supports include Stollery Childrens Hospital, Canadian Cancer Society, Canadian Diabetes Association, United Way and Unicef.

References

* [http://www.salonbusinessawards.com/2006winners.html Global Salon Business Awards]
* [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/rankings/w100/list.jsp?year=2007&pageID=list Profit Magazine]

ee also

* [http://www.ecacademy.com EC Academy]

External links

* [http://www.yess.org/cgi-bin/news/news.pl Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS)]