February was a very active month for British Columbia's real estate and development industry, in terms of new hires and promotions. Several organizations such as Nch’ḵaỷ Development Corporation and Devon Properties welcomed new executives to its ranks, while other notable companies such as Wesgroup Properties, Alabaster Homes, Peterson, and Colliers each saw a handful of promotions.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.
Development
- Jennifer Podmore Russell has been promoted to Chief Development Officer at Nch’ḵaỷ Development Corporation.
- Neil Martin has joined Astria Properties as Head of Retail Investments.
- Dean Johnson has been promoted to SVP of Development at Wesgroup Properties.
- Barrett Sprowson has been promoted to SVP of Sales & Marketing at Peterson.
- Grant Chang has been promoted to SVP of Land at Polygon.
- Brendan Reeves has joined Vanprop Investments as VP of Development, after six years at Boffo.
- Alisha Wong has joined Intracorp as VP of Finance, after over seven years at Pure Industrial.
- Kate O’Neill has been promoted to Director of Development at PCI Developments.
- Grant Myles has joined Grosvenor as VP of Construction.
- Clare Linton has been promoted to VP of Marketing & Corporate Operations at Alabaster Homes.
- Danielle Chanpong has been promoted to Director of Marketing at Alabaster Homes.
- Gareth Miller has been promoted to Director of Preconstruction at Alabaster Homes.
- Mac Robertson has been promoted to Director of Finance & Accounting at Polygon.
- Derek Lee has been promoted to Director of Leasing at Wesgroup Properties.
- Benson Lin has been promoted to Director of ESG at Peterson.
- Jeremy Bergmann has been promoted to Director of Construction at Hungerford Properties.
- Charmian Ho has been promoted to Manager of Investment Accounting at QuadReal.
- Joost Ruiterkamp has been promoted to Senior Development Manager at Wesgroup.
- Michelle Bastin has been promoted to Senior Development Manager at StreetSide.
- Kyle Foot has been promoted to Senior Development Manager at StreetSide.
- Chris Nielsen has joined Bosa Properties as a Senior Construction Manager.
- Violet Tam has been promoted to Senior Manager, Internal Audit at QuadReal.
- Monica Khoury has been promoted to Senior Marketing Coordinator at Peterson.
- Sophy Xie has joined Wesgroup as a Marketing Manager, after over five years at Rennie.
- Samara Saleh has joined Marcon as a Project Manager.
- Heather Tang has been promoted to Property Accounting Manager at Qualex-Landmark.
- Isaac Poh has been promoted to Assistant Property Manager at Peterson.
- Mila Dejanov has joined Bosa Development as an Office Administrator.
Construction
- Matt Goss has joined Ledcor as VP of Procurement.
- Annie David has joined BTY Group as Director of Cost Management.
- Joe Brake has joined Axiom Builders as a Senior Superintendent.
Government and Planning
- Vito Grammatico has joined the City of North Vancouver as Manager of Economic Development.
- Sarah Robertson has been promoted to Planner II at the City of Surrey.
- Matt Rose has been promoted to Acting Manager, Building Department at the City of Port Coquitlam.
- Erin MacGregor has joined the District of North Vancouver as a Planner 2, after 10 years at the City of Surrey.
- Graham Gilley has joined BC Housing as a Strategic Enterprise Risk Manager.
Brokerages
- Dave Bauman joined KEY Marketing as a Partner.
- Alain Rivère has been promoted to SVP at CBRE Vancouver’s High Technology Facilities Group.
- Curtis Leonhardt has been promoted to SVP at Marcus & Millichap.
- Brandon Selina has been promoted to SVP at Colliers in Victoria.
- Ed Adams has been promoted to SVP at Colliers in Victoria.
- Marc Foucher has been promoted to SVP at Colliers in Victoria.
- Stephen Webber has been promoted to VP at Colliers in Kelowna.
- Kyle Dodman has joined NAI Commercial as VP of Industrial Sales & Leasing.
- Kristina Louie has been promoted to Director of Development for Colliers’ Development Advisory team in Vancouver.
- Fiona Sterritt has been promoted to Director of Planning & Placemaking at Colliers.
- Eric Gaspard has been promoted to Senior Project Manager at Colliers Project Leaders.
- Alecia Susi has joined Lee & Associates Vancouver as a Senior Project Specialist.
- Fernando Padres has joined Macdonald Commercial as a Sales and Leasing Associate.
- Avery Stuart has joined Avison Young as a Market Intelligence Coordinator.
Finance
- John Maragliano has been named Co-CEO of Trez Capital, joining John D. Hutchinson.
- Lindsay Jones has been promoted to Regional VP, Real Estate Market at RBC.
- Bill Cunningham has been promoted to EVP of Business & Commercial Banking at VanCity.
- Mack Carson has been promoted to Senior Director of Mortgage Origination at Canada ICI Capital Corporation.
- Maleah Meakin has been promoted to Director of Mortgage Investments & Operations at Shape Capital.
- Douglas Durrant has been promoted to Associate Director of Commercial Origination at CMLS Financial.
Other
- Mohamed Ladak has been named CEO of the Association of Interior Realtors.
- Erin Elliott has joined Devon Properties as CFO.
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