October was dominated by politicians as a result of the BC General Election but, as always, the real estate and development industry continues to do its thing and companies, despite subpar market conditions, are continuing to hire or promote from within.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.

Development

  • Kristy Todd Millar joined PCI Developments as Director of Real Estate Finance.
  • Shishir Nigam joined QuadReal as VP of Canadian Portfolio Management, after seven years at BGO.
  • Garbo Ong was promoted to Senior Manager of Development Accounting at QuadReal.
  • Molly Hudson joined Nch’ḵaỷ Development Corporation as VP of Forestry and Sustainability.
  • Brendan Cummings joined Aquilini Development as a Project Manager.
  • Tiffany Law was hired as an Oakridge Park Marketing Manager for QuadReal

Construction

  • Kayla Saunders was promoted to Manager of Design and Innovation at Orion Construction.
  • Jeremy Paquin was promoted to to Senior Manager of Development at Orion Construction.
  • Luiza Lima was promoted to Senior Marketing Manager at Orion Construction
  • Sarah Fabris was promoted to Senior Manager of People and Culture at EllisDon.
  • Paul Schaefer was promoted to Construction Manager at EllisDon.
  • Simon Thuyen was promoted to Director of Estimating at Axiom Builders.

Government

  • Kate Begent-Connors was promoted to AVP of Enterprise Risk and Regulatory Affairs at BC Housing.
  • Jeff Greig was named the City of North Vancouver's new Manager of Planning.
  • Rebecca Vaughan was named the City of Coquitlam's new Manager of Civic Engagement, after nearly three years at the City of North Vancouver.
  • Amrinder Chahal joined the City of Port Coquitlam as Manager of Real Estate.
  • Rob Blackwell of Anthem Properties was appointed to the City of Surrey's Development Approval Process Improvement Task Force.
  • Josh Gaglardi of Orion Construction was appointed to the City of Surrey's Development Approval Process Improvement Task Force.
  • Avtar Johl of Platinum Group was appointed to the City of Surrey’s Development Approval Process Improvement Task Force.

Brokerages

  • Russell Whitehead joined CBRE Vancouver as SVP of Development Strategy & Consulting, after seven years at Colliers.
  • Ben Sigston joined CBRE Vancouver's National Apartment Group as Associate Vice President.
  • Aoife O'Neill joined The Agency RE as Director of Property Management.
  • Carol Baque was promoted to Property Marketing Manager at JLL Vancouver.

Finance

  • Simon Yoon was named President at Wall Financial Corporation.
  • Jessie Wen joined Lanyard Financial Corporation as Associate Vice President after four years at Gentai Financial Group.
  • Clayton Brown joined Peakhill Capital as VP of Financing.
  • Ivan Chang joined Nicola Wealth Real Estate as an Associate Project Manager.
  • Maya Scaglione joined Nicola Wealth Real Estate as a Real Estate Coordinator.
  • Brett Cudo joined CAPREIT as a Leasing Specialist.

Other

  • Jonathan Low was promoted to Director of Construction, West at Canadian Tire.
  • Susan Bui was promoted to Development Manager at UBC Properties Trust.
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