Janeil Mackay

Senior Director, Global Retail, Sports BDA

​​Janeil is highly motivated results-driven leader with over 25 years of retail operations experience with well-recognized luxury fashion and sports apparel brands. Her expertise is in sales planning, P& L management, store design and build-out, retail leasing and site selection, merchandising, retail marketing and people development. She has worked for well-known retail brands in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. She started her career in the fashion industry with roles at Holt Renfrew and BCBG, then transitioned into sportswear, having responsibility for 38 corporate stores for Helly Hansen across North America and then serving as Director of Retail Operations for Canucks Sports & Entertainment.  ​

She is currently working for (BDA) Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, a merchandise and promotional goods company based in Washington State. She heads up Global Sports Retail for the company. Among other business, BDA oversees the retail operations for the Seattle Kraken NHL team and the Coachella Valley Firebirds AHL team. ​ ​

From a community standpoint, she serves on the Event Board for Dress for Success, a national charity with offices in Vancouver. They raise money to create opportunities for women re-entering the work force and empowering them to find good jobs, financial independence and personal success.