After hiring and internal promotions appeared to come to a halt in April, presumably due to the trade war and economic uncertainty, the real estate and development industry in British Columbia made up for lost time in May, with many companies making new hires or promoting from within.
New hires occurred at notable companies such as Low Tide Properties, QuadReal, and the Canada Lands Company, while individuals at large companies such as Colliers, EllisDon, and several banks saw big promotions.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.
Development
- Kyle Wright has been promoted to VP of Development at Bosa Properties.
- David Roche has joined Low Tide Properties as VP of Development after 10 years at BGO.
- Ryan Bates has joined Vanprop Investments as VP of Finance, after over a year at Create Properties.
- Matt Nugent has joined Alabaster Group as Director of Acquisitions and Capital Partnerships.
- Andrew Baldwin has joined PATH Developments as Director of Finance.
- Tom Beckett has joined Hyatt as Director of Development.
- Kim Nguyen has joined QuadReal as Director of Canadian Debt Investments, after over six years at CIBC.
- Katrina May has been promoted to Director of Project Origination at Catalyst Community Developments Society.
- Jordan Riley has been promoted to Senior Manager of Investment & Development at Jim Pattison Developments.
- Jennifer Devlin has joined SHAPE Properties as Senior Leasing Manager.
- George Wen has been promoted to Director of Investments at Welbec Properties.
- Daniel Choi has been promoted to Senior Investment Analyst at Welbec Properties.
- Simone Hopton has been promoted to Financial Analyst at Amacon.
- Fito Garcia has been promoted to Property Manager at Low Tide Properties.
- Jasper Bosley has been promoted to Development Manager at Onni Group.
- Mark Docherty has joined Terra Social Purpose Real Estate as a Development Manager.
- Christopher Rundle has joined Kelowna’s Stober Group as Senior Commercial Leasing Manager after four years at Mission Group.
- Mariam Ibrahim has joined Victoria’s Aryze Developments as Development Coordinator.
- Derek Read has joined Third Space Properties as a Development Consultant after four years at Beedie.
- Breacada Keating has been promoted to Sales Representative at Essence Properties.
- Alexi Bonnis has joined Aquilini Group as Site Superintendent.
Construction
- Katherine Coutinho has been promoted to SVP of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at Ledcor.
- Garreth Maybury has been promoted to Director of Operations at EllisDon.
- Candace MacDonald has been promoted to Director of Special Projects BC for EllisDon.
- Dmitrii Volokitin has been promoted to Estimating Manager at EllisDon.
- Damien Kiely has joined Peak Construction Group as Senior Project Coordinator.
Government and Planning
- John Brendan McEown has been named the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Burnaby Housing Authority.
- Lilian Kan has joined the Canada Lands Company as Senior Director of Housing Strategy.
- Gordon MacKay has been promoted to Associate Director of Real Estate Services at the City of Vancouver.
- Genevieve Akyeabea has joined BC Housing as a Non-Profit Operations Analyst, while Simran Bhullar has been promoted to Administrative Coordinator.
- Tiago de Souza Jensen has joined Urban Systems as a Community Planner.
Brokerages
- Andrew Kirkham has been named Managing Director of Colliers Vancouver.
- Will Lei has been promoted to Director of Proposals at Colliers Project Leaders in Vancouver.
- Tessa Webb has been promoted to Transaction Manager at Colliers.
- Andrew Hutson has joined Rennie as a Development Land Specialist.
- Brittany Cecile Schroeder has joined Rennie as a Marketing Manager.
- Emma Cunningham has joined Colliers as a Brokerage Project Specialist.
- Jasper Lau has joined Cushman & Wakefield as Due Diligence Analyst.
- Jessie Wang has joined NAI Commercial Victoria as a Commercial Property Manager.
- Anna Vinogradova has joined William Wright Commercial as Brokerage Coordinator.
Finance
- Curtis Campbell has been promoted to Regional VP of Vancouver Island at RBC.
- Paul Kern has been promoted to VP of Investments at Travelers Capital Corp.
- Ariel Wang has been promoted to Director of Real Estate Banking at Scotiabank.
- Adrienne Forbes has joined Nicola Wealth as Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis.
- Jenn McGinn has been promoted to Manager of the Housing Accelerator Program at the Vancity Community Foundation.
Other
- Edward Lee and Nagry Ngauv have each been promoted to Regional Director of Strata Operations for FirstService Residential in BC.
- Brad McCoy has been promoted to Director of Architecture at Henriquez Partners Architects, while Max Senini has been promoted to Associate.
- LeeAnn Pallett Smith has joined Diamond Schmitt as a Senior Architect.
- Thomas Williams has joined Freedom Mobile as Real Estate & Municipal Affairs Lead.
- Sean Beesla has joined Bennett Jones as a Commercial Real Estate Associate.
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