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Susanna Tam – Chief Equity Officer – City of Vancouver

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PFM Executive Search is excited to announce that Susanna Tam has accepted the role of Chief Equity Officer with the City of Vancouver, effective January 8th.

Susanna brings a range of experience to the Chief Equity Officer role. Trained as a lawyer, she led a number of community programs and organizations focused on issues of HIV/AIDS, environmental law, and family violence. She also brings over 15 years of experience leading innovative strategies and initiatives that advance equity and promote belonging, including as the director of inclusion for a national law firm, and as the equity policy lawyer for the legal profession’s provincial regulator. Susanna joins the City of Vancouver from her role as the first Regional Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, where she expanded the organization’s equity team and led strategy development.

On behalf of PFM Executive Search, congratulations Susanna!

PFM Executive Search is recognized as a leader in executive search and has been working with some of the most prominent private, public, and not-for-profit clients in Canada over the past 31-years. We are known for our ability to identify top talent from around the world to critical leadership roles.

Celebrating 30 years!

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30 years ago, PFM Executive Search was formed with the vision of creating an executive search firm that provides tailor-made executive search services to clients in the private, public and not-for-profit Sectors. At PFM we are committed to supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; this commitment is woven into our values and beliefs as an organization. Our team acknowledges the unique challenges and structural barriers that marginalized groups face within the work place. With many of our team members knowing first-hand how an individual’s lived experiences with race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can impact their access to leadership opportunities, PFM takes an intentional and meaningful approach to consider our candidates unique circumstances and structural barriers they may have faced throughout their career. We believe we have the opportunity and responsibility to shape a future for executive leadership based on values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Therefore, we are taking action and doing our part by implementing a DEI lens to every aspect of the work we do.

 

Our business is entirely based on trust and relationships. To that end, we are incredibly proud of the PFM team and those who have shaped our values and culture along the way to ensure we never lose sight of what’s important. Garth Pinton, Casey Forrest and George Madden built this firm on the foundation of being humble, working hard and treating everyone with the utmost respect, and we have lived those values for 30 years. The outstanding team we have with us today will carry this legacy forward while ensuring we are changing and adapting to meet the needs of candidates and clients.

 

To our clients – many of whom have worked with us for most of the 30 years we’ve been in business – we thank you so much. We truly value the partnerships and friendships we’ve developed over the years, and don’t take the trust we’ve built with you for granted.

 

We look forward to seeing what the next 30 years will bring!

Carmen Gonzalez – Director of Parks, Recreation, and Culture – City of Delta

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PFM Executive Search is excited to announce that The City of Delta has appointed Carmen Gonzalez as the new Director of Parks, Recreation, and Culture. Ms. Gonzalez will begin her new role on October 12, 2021.

With an extensive background in the Federal Government and senior roles in multiple Lower Mainland municipalities, Ms. Gonzalez brings a reputation for strategic thinking, great corporate culture, and citizen-focused service delivery to the community. In her most recent role at the City of Abbotsford, Ms. Gonzalez successfully navigated the recreation and culture department through the pandemic and supported the departmental focus on positively impacting the community through high quality customer service.

PFM Executive Search is recognized as a leader in executive search and has been working with some of the most prominent Canadian private, public, and not-for-profit clients over the past 29-years. We are known for our ability to recruit senior leaders from around the world to top management positions.

Bruce Hayne – Executive Director for the Boating BC Association

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PFM Executive Search is excited to announce the appointment of Bruce Hayne as the new Executive Director of the Boating BC Association.

Boating BC represents the recreational boating industry across British Columbia and is comprised of more than 300-member businesses. The Association offers counsel on business and governance issues, as well as representing and advocating on behalf of the boating industry to all levels of government.

Bruce is an accomplished business owner with an extensive marketing and advertising background. He also brings a great deal of experience at the government level, having served as a Councillor in the City of Surrey over a seven-year period.

Bruce succeeds Lisa Geddes, who has held the position since June of 2014, and under whose guidance Boating BC’s profile and presence as the voice of BC’s recreational boating industry has been elevated.

“I would like to welcome Bruce to the Boating BC team. The skills and experience he brings will be an asset in both representing and advocating for the sector” said Don Prittie, President of Boating BC Association. “And I speak for the entire Board when I say that Lisa’s dedication and commitment has been instrumental to our success for the last several years.”

Bruce’s appointment comes amidst preparations for Boating BC’s signature event, the Vancouver International Boat Show, February 5-9 at BC Place and Granville Island. The Association also spearheads a number of proactive initiatives, including its Abandoned Boats Program, BC’s Top Boating Destination, and Safe Boating Week, while highlighting skills shortages in the industry and funding bursaries and scholarships for students seeking a career in the industry.

Bruce will assume the position of Executive Director effective January 6, 2020.

PFM Executive Search is recognized as a leader in executive search and has been working with some of the most prominent Canadian private, public and not-for-profit sector clients over the past 27-years. We are known for our ability to recruit senior leaders from around the world to top management positions.

Yale Loh – Treasurer for The University of British Columbia (UBC)

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PFM Executive Search is excited to announce that Yale Loh has accepted the position as The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Treasurer. Yale joins UBC from Aritzia, where he served as Treasurer and was responsible for leading all treasury, retail accounting, and sales audit functions. Previously, Yale held positions with Finning International and Capital Power Corporation, along with progressively senior financial positions at BC Hydro, including five years as Treasurer.

Yale’s extensive treasury experience with private and public sector organizations will help the University continue to build strategic direction and leadership support for financial liquidity, capital financing, corporate borrowing, cash management, financial projects management, tax, leases, and revenue accounting on all UBC campuses. Yale currently serves his community as a member of the Finance Committee of the Board at West Point Grey Academy and the United Way of the Lower Mainland Campaign Cabinet, and has been an occasional guest lecturer at the UBC Sauder School of Business. Yale is a commerce graduate from UBC and earned an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Yale also holds his Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Professional Accountant designations.

PFM Executive Search is a recognized leader in senior leadership recruitment and is known for its ability to facilitate large and complex Selection Committees in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Over the past 26 years, PFM has recruited senior leaders from all over the world.