Miroki

Miroki Tong, BA (Hons), MBA is an independent business consultant, with a focus on strategy, logistics and marketing, bringing her expertise coupled with healthy pragmatism to help build small businesses and enterprisers. She holds an MBA with a designated specialization in Strategic Management, and additional focuses in Marketing, Organizational Behaviour and Entrepreneurship. 

In a previous life, Miroki spent a decade as an international, award-winning performer and producer in theatre, film and live events. Her festival Altekrea, which augmented counterculture art, is a twice award-nominated entity, and was accepted into the City of Kitchener’s Economic Development and Arts and Culture initiatives. 

She has served on recommender juries for the Ontario Arts Council, acted as a third-party expert and mentor for university student entrepreneurship programs, and led Wilfrid Laurier’s angel investment due diligence teams. In 2020, she was nominated for WXN Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

Miroki is also the radio co-host of Toronto 640’s food and drink show Tasting Together, and shares wine recommendations, savvy drink tips and important conversations on diversity on her Instagram blog @9ouncesplease. Winemakers, bar owners, and people looking to make positive change in the wine industry are all highlighted with Miroki’s characteristic humour, endearing geekiness, and easy-going nature.

By moonlight, or folding the time-space continuum, Miroki is developing her Opera Metal music album and practicing circus aerials.