Catherine Addai

Catherine Addai is a Ghanaian-Canadian fashion designer and founder of the women's clothing brand Kaela Kay.

Career Addai has a degree in health informatics. She worked as a decision support consultant while working on her fashion line. She launched the label in 2013 while on maternity leave with her daughter Makaela.

Early in her journey, clothing alterations and fittings were completed in Addai's basement in Mississauga. With no formal training in design, fashion, she hired seamstresses from Toronto to help her learn the trade. The brand is named after one of her daughters.

In 2019, Addai was one of six female Canadian entrepreneurs highlighted in a digital video series Startup and Slay. Addai was also named African Fashion Industry Awards Ladies Wear Designer of the Year three separate times.