YORKTON – Evan Ortynsky of the Key Auto Group was honoured with the Roger Phillips Chamber Builder Award at the 2022 Achieving Business Excellence awards held in Saskatoon at Prairieland Park on Nov. 5.
"The Roger Phillips Chamber Builder Award was presented to Evan Ortynsky, owner and president of Key Auto Group. Evan continues to dedicate his time and expertise, as he has done for decades, to not only his hometown Chamber in Yorkton, but to the provincial and national Chambers as well," detailed a media release for the awards.
"I'm very very honoured by the recognition," said Ortynsky upon accepting the award, adding, "I have to first say thank you to my family."
"My family has always been so very very supportive so I'd like to thank my wife Brenda and my son Joseph."
"Secondly, the Key Auto Group team, every one of them, especially one of my Senior Managers and my partner Joel Martinuk," said Ortynsky.
"I've always been so proud and thankful to call Saskatchewan home—it is a place that is blessed and built for success in business—we've got it."
"Congratulations to all the business nominees – you're all winners here tonight – we're all winners," said Ortynsky, adding, "thank you to the Saskatchewan Chamber for continuing these awards – it is really really beautiful to see a business community out like this and thank you for your everyday work for the betterment of Saskatchewan."
"The Roger Philips Chamber Builder award is named in honour of Mr. Roger Phillips, who originated the ABEX Awards...the award is presented to an individual with a long-standing history of committing time, thought leadership and guidance to the Chamber network in Saskatchewan," read a media release from the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce from 2018.
