Despite all the economic uncertainty, companies in British Columbia's real estate and development industry continued to hire or promote in March. Several notable industry associations such as the BC Real Estate Association, Canadian Home Builders' Association of BC, and Homebuilders Association Vancouver named new leaders, while notable developers such as Onni Group, Marcon, and Strand promoted from within.
Here are all the people who changed jobs or received promotions last month.
Development
- Bruno Wall has been named CEO of Wall Financial Corporation.
- Jonas Melin has been promoted to Regional Manager of Hotels at Pinnacle International.
- Keith Tsang has been promoted to Regional Manager at Onni Group.
- Stefan Slot has joined Porte Communities as VP of Development, after nearly 10 years at Townline.
- Lucas Berube has joined Grosvenor as VP of Development.
- Mackenzie Biggar has been named Interim VP of Development & Sustainability at Adera.
- Michelle Zerb has been promoted to Director of Sales Operations at Marcon.
- Flora Yang has been promoted to Director of Accounting & Tax at Strand.
- Daniel Leong has been promoted to Director of Corporate Accounting, Finance & Tax at Onni Group.
- Elizabeth Han has joined Third Space Properties as Director of Property Management.
- Perry Mahal has been promoted to Senior Leasing Manager at Onni Group.
- Katya Shinkaryova has joined QuadReal as a Property Manager.
- Cameron Clark has joined Headwater Projects as a Marketing Coordinator.
Construction
- Dustin Gorkoff has joined Kalesnikoff as Director of Health and Safety.
- Jacob Lewis has been promoted to Associate Director at BTY Group.
- Lucas O’Rouke has been promoted to Superintendent at Lark Group.
Government and Planning
- Shawn Low has been promoted to Chief Development Approvals Officer at the City of Surrey.
- Tyler Westover has joined the City of Surrey as Director of Business & Government Relations.
- Andrew Newman has been promoted to Director of Real Estate Services at the City of Vancouver.
- Reyhan Cuming has been promoted to Development Planner at the City of Burnaby.
Brokerages
- Megan Dear has been promoted to Manager of Brokerage Operations at Colliers.
- Ron Emerson has joined Avison Young as VP of Industrial Sales and Leasing, after over 17 years at Cushman & Wakefield.
- Jordan Curteanu has been promoted to Director of Leasing at JLL.
- Clayton Skipper has been promoted to Senior Financial Analyst at CBRE Vancouver’s National Investment Team.
- Owen Heaney has been promoted to Senior Development Planner at Colliers’ Development Advisory in Vancouver.
- Florence Mjama has joined Lee & Associates as Senior Research Manager.
- Joan Lee has joined Colliers’ Development Advisory as a Development Coordinator.
- Nikhil Kumar has been promoted to Manager of Financial Analysis at Colliers.
Finance
- Zaki Kasmani has been named VP & Market Lead of Vancouver for National Bank of Canada, following the absorption of Canadian Western Bank.
- John Ahmad is stepping down as CFO at Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation effective March 31.
- Jonah Muzyka has been promoted to Senior Director of Mortgage Origination in Western Canada for Cameron Stephens.
Other
- Chris Shields has been named Chair of the BCREA’s Board of Directors.
- Lesa Lacey has been named President of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC.
- Wendy McNeil has been promoted to CEO of Homebuilders Association Vancouver.
- Shauna Woolliams has joined Greater Vancouver Realtors as VP of Human Resources.
- Emily Passero has been promoted to VP of Corporate Services & Advisory at Devon Properties.
- Katherine Bruno has joined BGO as VP of Corporate Finance.
- Catriona Borland has been promoted to Director of Real Estate Asset Management for A&W Canada.
- Alexis Johnston has joined Morguard as Director of Leasing, after four years at Concert Properties.
- Jasroop Gosal has joined BCREA as Government Relations Manager.
- Jay Moysey has joined Spark as an Account Executive.
- Isabell Chonn has joined Warrington PCI as a Property Administrator.
- Will Ethier has joined BGO as a Commercial Mortgages Associate.
- Marco Guzina has joined as Spark as a Business Development Representative.
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