Sukhdeep migrated to Canada in August 2000 with her 3 year Old son and husband with $1100 in her pocket and lots of dreams in her mind. She holds Degree in electronics & Telecom Engineering from Punjab Technical University. Since her childhood, Sukhdeep always dreamed to join law enforcements like her father, but her parents would not support her dreams due to cultural boundaries . After moving to Canada she decided to pursue her dream and studied Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration at Ontario Police Academy and became the 2nd South Asian Woman to be a Police Officer with Peel Regional Police. She was nominated by Govt. of Ontario as a Member of Criminal Injury Compensation Board where she helped victims of violent crimes.
In 2007, Sukhdeep started her career as an insurance specialist at Austen & Noble Insurance Brokers, after which she went on to create history by becoming the First South Asian Woman in North America to own an independent insurance brokerage, Armour Insurance Brokers Ltd. Armour is one of Canada’s leading, multi province and fastest growing brokerage for over 10 years.
She has exponentially grown company’s portfolio from $16M to $40M in the last five years. Armour’s client-first customer service and growth strategy is part of her vision to become a $100M brokerage by 2025.
Sukhdeep believes in Women and youth empowerment and devotes herself to help many to fulfill their dreams. She believes that empowered women and youth are future of our society and nation.
She has trained many immigrant women and youth for various police services. She has been appointed as the Ambassador of Peel Crime Stoppers to educate youth on gang violence, drug abuse and crime prevention to promote a safe and peaceful community.
She has mentored and trained numerous women to earn their livelihood and also created opportunities to work. She takes pride in sharing that 90% of Armour’s team are women and in line to her motto of Women Empowerment.
Sukhdeep is involved with the community by promoting sports and sponsored 8 sports clubs in GTA. She strongly supports William Osler Cancer Research, International Seniors Club and Bethell Hospice Foundation.
The ICCC 2019, Female EntrepreneurAward goes to Sukhdeep Kang
