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Richmond, Bc, Ca

Saskatchewan, Canada

Municipal assessment appeals in Saskatchewan

Langley, British Columbia, Canada

The Motor Dealer Customer Compensation Fund (MDCCF) Board operates as an independent administrative tribunal, adjudicating consumer claims.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Major Projects and Fleet Modernization Committee (October 2020 - now)Major Projects Committee - Chair (June 2017 - September 2020)Audit and Pension Investments Committee - Member (March 2019 - now)Human Resources Committee - Member (June 2017 - February 2019)Special Committee on New Fleet Procurement - Member (June 2017 - February 2019)VIA Rail operates Canada’s national passenger rail service on behalf of the Government of Canada. An independent Crown corporation established in 1977, VIA Rail provides a safe, cost-effective and environmentally responsible service from coast to coast. The corporation operates close to 494 train departures weekly on a 12,500 km network, connecting over 400 Canadian communities. With approximately 2,700 active employees, VIA Rail carried 3.97 million passengers in 2016.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

BCREA is the professional association for over 24,000 commercial and residential REALTORS® in BC. BCREA provides four core services to support BC’s eight real estate boards and commercial and residential REALTORS® - advocacy, economics analysis, professional development and standard forms.

Vancouver, Bc, Canada

The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Its entrepreneurial perspective encourages students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.The Faculty of Medicine is one of the largest and most complex at the UBC with an intensive curriculum and research portfolio. With the expanded and distributed MD undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs across BC, the Faculty has three distributed academic campuses, the Island Medical Program at the University of Victoria, the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia and the Southern Medical Program at UBC's Okanagan Campus, 11 Clinical Academic Campuses, 17 Affiliated Regional Centres and 65+ Community Education Facilities/ Rural and Remote Distributed Sites.http://www.med.ubc.ca/A health education innovation platform is being created to support and expedite the development of new academic programs in ground-breaking content areas and deploy novel learning channels and flexible learning opportunities in the Faculty of Medicine. Its focus is on revenue-generating program ideas that will, if implemented, enable Faculty renewal and strategic investment.

British Columbia, Canada

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is the professional association for more than 22,000 REALTORS® in BC, focusing on provincial issues that impact real estate. Working with the province’s 11 real estate boards, BCREA provides continuing professional education, advocacy, economic research and standard forms to help REALTORS® provide value for their clients.

Richmond, Bc, Canada

A consulting practice focused on corporate growth and value enhancement of closely-held companies, by applying process driven diagnostics and efficiency audits to analyze and benchmark strategic, financial and operational health. Provision of management consulting services in:• Business transformations, change management, policy and program development and corporate governance• End-to-end strategic, financial and operational management of private/public sector restructuring initiatives and capital-intensive infrastructure projects, and• Performance measurement and benchmarking frameworks, governance and corporate risk management projectsGrowth3 LLC (G3) Certified Business Advisor (August 2013 - April 2014)G3 (http://www.growth3.com), a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, utilises a proprietary accelerated value diagnostic platform (AVD) to determine how well run and organised a company is, its financial health and readiness for growth. Consulting services include:1. Process driven AVD audits2. Small business value-maximization programs 3. Growth design and management4. Corporate turnarounds

Saskatchewan, Canada

Term engagement to provide oversight of multiple program/project initiatives from an enterprise-wide viewpoint through effective leadership of the Office of Strategic Initiatives (a 'PMO'). As a partner with the Financial Services leadership team, acted on opportunities to effectively implement a rigorous approach to problem solving, identified improvement opportunities and converted transformation ideas into scoped projects that were subsequently prioritized, resourced and implemented.The vision of OSI is to build the foundation necessary to achieve efficiency & collaboration in the right programs and projects, at the right time, with the right resources, and is focused on overseeing and delivering strategic programs/projects for the university that enhance customer experience, revenue growth, cost savings, whilst leading transformative change and instilling a culture of sustainability.Programs/projects included:a. Maximizing Value of University Spend;b. Fee for Service - analyzing internal fees for services and products with a view to eliminating internal fees where possible; and reviewing and analyzing external fees for services & products with a view to developing guidelines as to when and at what price external fee for service activity should be undertaken;c. uSales – focusing on enriching customer experience when selling goods and services, including continuing/executive education programs, to maximize auxiliary and non-credit revenues (other than tuition fees and government grants) towards attaining sustainable funding for the university; andd. Service Design and Delivery (Financial Services) – developing and implementing strategic, customer service oriented, cost effective structures and technological tools to eliminate/minimize duplicated roles and functions through the integration of administrative structures and functions across campus.

Saskatchewan, Canada

Term engagement to lead Maximizing Value of University Spend (MVUS), a portfolio of concurrent projects to foster transformative change and instill a sustainability culture, through standardizing and driving efficiency in procurement processes, bolstering vendor negotiating and contracting capabilities, and by reducing, simplifying and consolidating storage logistics, purchasing systems and infrastructure. MVUS is integral to the university’s operating budget adjustments (OBA) process to eliminate operating deficits, and is aligned with the university’s ”TransformUS” initiative, which examined all academic and administrative support services that use university resources, with an objective of achieving $10-25 million in permanent savings or approximately 5% of the university’s operating budget. MVUS’s scope covers the university’s non-salary negotiable expenditures (totaling $122 million for the year ended April 30, 2014), and includes the following initiatives:• Implementing an integrated travel and expense management system• Streamlining competitive bidding and contracting processes• Developing and implementing e-procurement and inventory management systems• Strategic sourcing to improve buying power and to reduce costs of goods and services• Consolidating and standardizing stores and receiving operations Ancillary benefits accruing from the project include informed decisions about procurement and maintaining accountability throughout the process, providing transparent measures and benchmarks, improving service, enhancing customer satisfaction, and establishing stronger internal financial controls and financial stewardship.

Victoria, Bc, Canada

The BC College Pension Plan is one of four public sector pension plans in British Columbia. It has 23 participating employers, and over 12,000 active and 4,000 retired members. Assets under management totaled $2.7 billion.Voting member of the Board of Trustees. Member of the InterPlan Investment Committee (on behalf of BC Public Service, Municipal, Teachers and College Pension Plans).

Vancouver, Bc, Canada

Selected to high-profile public-private partnership engagement based on prior success building Hong Kong's Octopus contactless smart-card payment system and business applications. Reporting to CEO and Board, held executive-level responsibility as financial steward for $3.3 billion Port Mann/Highway 1 project, largest in the history of British Columbia, and directed design and development of a world-class, fully electronic, cashless toll system ("TReO") and revenue-generating operation. Set up all corporate platforms from scratch - finance & accounting, human resources, contracts & procurement, toll systems & operations, IT, risk management, administration, communications and records management.As key member of senior executive group, provided financial and operations leadership involving strategic planning, risk assessment, debt financing, and financial/operational systems to drive on-time startup and project completion, optimize attainment of rigorous profitability targets, monitor transaction authorizations and financial records, safeguard assets, and ensure GAAP and IFRS compliance. Ensured financial accountability and TI Corp's long-term financial sustainability via systems capability, conservative long-term financial projections, financing strategies and accounting methodology.Key Achievements:Implemented $2.1 billion debt hedging program that saved $230 million in interest, achieving total debt cost of 4.7% versus budgeted 5.5% per annum.Met or exceeded project deliverables within all categories:- Complete design-build of fully electronic (cashless), open road tolling system.- Project was on time for toll commencement in December 2012 and on budget (within $3.3 billion).- Profitable status projected by FY2017/18 with positive cash flow by FY2015/16 to fulfill mandate as a self-supporting commercial Crown corporation of the BC government.

Victoria, Bc

Recruited by this central agency charged with strategic oversight and financial analysis of the province's Service Delivery Crown corporations and Commercial Crown corporations (revenue-generating and self-supporting corporations that obtain fees for goods and service delivered).Held governance role as Crown portfolio strategic relationship manager reporting directly to senior government executives. Under BC's Crown Agency Accountability System, provided direct oversight of financial and operational performance of six major commercial Crown corporations, including analysis, governance, accountability, performance management and measurement, and reporting issues to ensure compliance with agency mandates and policies, the Budget Transparency & Accountability Act, the Financial Administration Act, and the Financial Information Act.Key Achievements:Led government's financial advisory services, business cycle reporting requirements, service planning and projects related to the major commercial Crown corporations.Led cross-portfolio initiative to develop, deliver and adopt performance monitoring frameworks (balanced scorecards) for the five largest commercial Crown corporations generating aggregate revenues of C$13.5 billion in FY 2008-2009 (BC Hydro, Insurance Corporation of BC, BC Transmission Corporation, BC Liquor Distribution, and BC Lottery Corporation).Led governance survey and review of investment funds and pension plans of 46 Crown corporations and government sector organizations that identified critical gaps and developed recommendations for future improvement.Delivered semi-annual forums on governance and performance management for government ministries and Crown agencies, and governance manuals and best practice guidelines for investment management.

Victoria, Bc, Canada

Term engagement to provide financial advisory services on behalf of Provincial Treasury for various public sector projects, including financial and business case analysis, debt financing models, alternative financing, and public-private partnerships. Supported the provision of arranger and placement services for the engagement of external advisors, and/or borrowings from banks and the capital markets. Clients included crown corporations, government agencies and self-supporting school districts, universities, colleges, institutes and health care organizations.

Hong Kong

Term engagement to lead restructuring operations from guaranteed money-purchase plan to a defined contribution, member-choice, multi-fund plan. Spearheaded and held direct accountability for investment operations, fund pricing and disclosure, regulatory compliance, finance, accounting, budgeting, IT, HR, internal control procedures and member communication (consultative committees, quarterly newsletters, periodic fund performance and quarterly financial and annual reports). Key Achievements:Created operational and administrative infrastructure for new in-house investment administration system to perform fund re-balancing, fund allocations and deployment, and member benefit accruals, with strict internal controls and quality standards that resulted in clean unqualified internal and external audits. Attained 100% of over 30 pension administration key performance indices, with no incidents of administrative errors.Maintained administrative costs as a percentage of pension assets for three straight years between 0.39% and 0.42%, compared to 1.0%+ for other comparable retirement plans.http://www.hapfs.com/

Hong Kong

Octopus Cards Limited's shareholders are the major public transport providers - Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC), Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB), CityBus and New World First Bus. The proprietary Octopus contactless smart card platform manages high-volume low-value payments for goods and services in the core transport, non-core transport and retail sectors.Recruited to implement CEO's ground breaking vision, in collaboration with BOD, to deepen penetration into non-core transport and retail markets, and strategy development (access control, CRM, third party products, loyalty programs, tourist cards, international consulting) while overseeing all aspects of financial, auditing, and corporate services. As Alternate Chief Executive, provided broad strategic oversight of Human Resources, Operations, Technical Services & Support, Marketing, and Internal Audit functions.Key Achievements:Secured authorization from Hong Kong Monetary Authority in April 2000 as a deposit-taking company, opening new markets and establishing a presence for the company as an all-purpose and ubiquitous stored value card provider for high volume, low value transactions.Established treasury and investment practices and financial reporting systems to ensure compliance with Hong Kong banking and licensing guidelines, while optimizing capital preservation and yield objectives.Implemented internal systems, process re-engineering, and cost savings that resulted in ROE of 43.9% and ROA of 5.6% in 2002.Co-designed Board-approved Octopus expansion strategies for 2003-2007 and led formulation of corporate restructuring framework that set the stage for business growth from 5 million to 25 million issued cards and from 50 to 4500 service providers within 10 years.

Hong Kong

Engaged to steer shareholders through restructuring and modernization of group operations in Hong Kong and China, and to position the company for potential IPO. Directed treasury operations, finance, accounting, investments, legal, human resource management, administration and transportation logistics. Planned and implemented corporate reorganization, re-engineering processes and change management. Evaluated business opportunities, capital investments and projects.Key Achievements:Initiated comprehensive strategy including performance-based budgeting, business continuity measures, performance appraisal systems, financial reporting, and technology upgrades to ensure competitive edge. Directed project financing of industrial-office building in Kowloon, Hong Kong and a new manufacturing facility in South China to consolidate operations and expand globally. Hired leadership team and implemented retirement and succession planning to ensure continuity. Successfully mitigated risk and corporate integrity during 1997-98 Asian financial crisis; played key role in company's status as a leading manufacturer and exporter to the USA, European Union, and the People’s Republic of China.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Hired to spearhead Asian banking initiative in the Greater Vancouver region and establish a prominent market presence for the bank. Managed commercial and retail banking portfolio within designated business communities including six hub branches and satellite branches throughout region. Developed Community Banking and Asian Banking business development, operations and human resources priorities, objectives, goals, strategies and tactical plans. Managed communities' profitability and operations, ensuring targets were achieved or exceeded, and acted as a Sales Manager, coaching high payback, profitable sales activities, cross-selling initiatives and rewarding results.Key Achievements:Raised the bank's profile and expanded market presence in Vancouver’s Asian and Richmond communities.Attained highest deposit and loan growth rates in both the commercial and consumer portfolios.Developed Vancouver Asian Banking Centre into one of BMO’s most dynamic and profitable branches in the Greater Vancouver Region.

Edmonton, Vancouver

Held regional responsibility for business development within the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Reported to the Region’s Senior Vice-President in the implementation of bank policy. Led budget planning, personnel assessments, recruitment and supervision, strategic discussions and implementation, and execution of special projects. Key Achievements:Management of CAD 380 Million portfolio, which tripled between 1988 and 1992 with quality assets, resulting in record income years for the region over 16-year history.Cultivated relationships with and retained many loyal corporate and commercial banking customers for the bank in Western Canada. The region was consistently well rated by Head Office and the Bank's Inspection Department

Mba, Business Administration

Full Graduate Scholarship

B.Com., Finance, Accounting And Economics

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