David Byng, Icd.D Email & Phone Number

Victoria, Canada

Located in Victoria, British Columbia's capital city, this position focuses on supporting the advancement of bilateral relations between Japan and Canada, with a particular emphasis on trade and cultural relations.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Served on Royal Roads University's Board of Governors, Chaired the Finance and Audit Committee and acted as a Special Advisor to the President.

Vancouver And Victoria, British Columbia

The Deputy Minister is responsible to ensure that British Columbia's students are supported in becoming capable young people, ready to thrive in a rapidly changing world, as well as providing oversight of the administration of British Columbia's $6.4 billion K-12 education system - a system that consistently delivers some of the best student outcomes in the world. The Deputy Minister leads the Ministry of Education as it:• Co-governs Kindergarten-Grade 12 education with boards of education, working closely together with a network of partners, including organized labour, independent school authorities represented by the Federation of Independent Schools Associations, professional education organizations, community literacy organizations, public libraries, First Nations representatives, provincial ministries and agencies, and the private sector. • Provides leadership to a system of comprised of 60 school districts governed by elected boards of education, independent schools, and home-schooled children serving over 600,000 students.• Program manages of an annual capital construction program valued at >$400m annually, constructing new facilities, renewing and expanding existing schools and retrofitting those at greatest risk from seismic events.

Victoria And Vancouver, British Columbia

The Deputy Minister is fully responsible and accountable for direction of all areas of the ministry’s operations including economic development, skills training and immigration, the film and creative sector, tourism, small business, and labour in addition to the following: Managing an annual operating budget of over $234M and a labour force of over 500 FTEsIs responsible for leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy to re-engineer B.C.’s education and apprenticeship systems, entitled “B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint: Re-engineering Education and Training”, ensuring that B.C. has enough skilled, highly productive workers to meet the needs of the province’s growing economyIs responsible for the delivery of the provincial economic development plan Canada Starts Here; The BC Jobs Plan designed to create long-term jobs and investment in BCIs accountable for opening international and domestic markets to B.C. products, in order to attract and facilitate major new investments in the province and develop key industries and regions to their full economic potential.Leading the Premier of British Columbia’s trade missions to key trading nations in the Asia Pacific region.Providing oversight of major crown corporations and agencies such as WorksafeBC, the Industry Training Authority and Destination BC, as well as a wide variety of agencies, boards and commissions.

Vancouver, British Columbia

As the President and CEO of BC Rail, I provided leadership on the successful transition of BCRC management and operations from a commercial crown corporation into the Ministry of Transportation and InfrastructureThe CEO is directly accountable for the management of BC Rail’s $536m of assets and the successful delivery of the organization’s service plan commitmentsBCRC’s primary mandate is to support Canada’s Pacific Gateway Transportation Strategy 2012-2020: Transporting Goods and People by acquiring and holding railway corridor and strategic port lands, and making related infrastructure investments to provide benefits to the Province. BCRC owns the former BC Rail railway lands and track infrastructure, which is leased to CN Rail through the Revitalization Agreement. Consistent with Canada’s Pacific Gateway Transportation Strategy, BCRC owns and operates the Roberts Bank Port Subdivision rail line (40 kilometre track from Surrey to Roberts Bank coal and container terminals). BCRC, through its subsidiary BCR Properties Ltd., owns port-related lands, which are leased to terminal operators, including those upon which the Vancouver Wharves and Squamish Terminals port facilities operate.

Victoria, British Columbia

The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for the functional direction of all areas of the ministry’s operations including transportation networks, transportation services and infrastructure, transportation policies and administering transportation related acts and regulations in addition to the following:Providing oversight and implementation of an annual operating and capital budget of $757M and a workforce of approximately 1300 FTEs.Ensuring the successful delivery and implementation of the Pacific Gateway Transportation Strategy, working with government and industry partners to build a reliable transportation network and supply chain from the Pacific Coast across North America, a fundamental component of the BC Jobs PlanIs accountable for the effective leadership of the Pacific Gateway Alliance, a unique collaboration of transportation industry stakeholders and government, developed to support the success of B.C.’s integrated supply chain and increased trade with Asia as well as the coordination of $22b of combined infrastructure investments

British Columbia, Canada

The Agency Head is fully accountable and responsible for the provision of human resource services to British Columbia’s largest employer, the BC Public Service, with a workforce of over 30,000 people.Core business areas include: Business Transformation, Client Services, Talent Management (including workforce and succession planning, hiring and deployment, employee development and integration and incentives for recruitment into the public service), Employee and Labour Relations, Compensation, Benefits and Policy and Executive and Support Services. The Agency Head also ensures the: Provincial delivery of services with a decentralized workforce of approximately 400 FTEs using a shared service delivery model, along with the management of an annual operating and capital budget of approximately $50M. In addition, I was a director, on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Investment Corporation-focussed on major capital infrastructure projects in urban British Columbia, administering an investment portfolio valued from $2.5-3.5B.

Institute Of Corporate Directors, Icd.D, Corporate Governance

Certificate, Advanced Project Management

Certificate, Intercultural Studies

Ma, Leadership

Recipient of Royal Roads University Founders Award