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BC
Profiles Sites
to
Explore Live
from different
locations The
Union of
British
Columbia
Municipalities: See
our selection
of
stories
and
links
from this 98th
Annual
Event. The
Eyes and Ears
of Business and
Industry HERMAN
DRIEDIGER:
We interviewed
Mr. Driediger
in 2001 as
Chairman of the
Abbotsford
Airport
Authority and
for a major
feature on
Agriculture
in
BC.
He is CEO of
Eze Rent-it
Centre Ltd., an
equipment
rental company,
and has also
worked in
banking, the
livestock feed
industry,
livestock
production and
commercial
construction.
Driediger has
served with a
variety of
agricultural
organizations,
associations,
policy advisory
boards and task
forces. Now
living in
Abbotsford, he
is a past
president of
the B.C. Egg
Producers
Association and
the
Abbotsford-Matsqui
Chamber of
Commerce.
PAT
CORBETT: We
had the
privilege of
meeting Mr.
Corbett when he
was first
developing his
Cariboo
property. Pat
Corbett is
president of
the the Hills
Health Ranch
and related
companies,
including a
national
distribution
company, near
100 Mile House.
Corbett started
the Hills
Health Ranch in
1983, together
with his wife,
after a career
in building
construction,
land
development and
real
estate. JIM
PATTISON:
Our Editor has
worked with and
profiled Mr.
Pattison's
companies. Jim
Pattison is
chairman, chief
executive
officer and
sole owner of
the Jim
Pattison Group,
Canada's
third-largest
privately held
company. The
Jim Pattison
Group has more
than 24,000
employees,
annual sales of
$5 billion and
assets
totalling more
than $3
billion. With
investments in
Canada, the
U.S., Mexico,
Europe, Asia
and Australia,
the Jim
Pattison Group
is involved in
a wide variety
of industries
including food
services,
packaging,
manufacturing,
communications,
entertainment,
transportation
and export
services. Other
members
include: KATHRYN
ADRIAN:
Kathryn Adrian
is the
president of
Please Mum, a
children's-wear
manufacturer
and retailer
firm, which she
founded in
1986. It
employs 800
people across
Canada. A
graduate of the
B.C. Institute
of Technology
in marketing
management,
Adrian worked
in retail
fashion before
establishing
her company.
LAWRENCE
BATES:
Lawrence Bates
is president
and chief
executive
officer of
Sun-Rype
Products Ltd.
He has been
with Sun-Rype
for 32 years
and has held
several senior
positions
including
director of
marketing and
sales,
vice-president
of marketing
and sales, and
vice-president
and general
manager. Prior
to joining
Sun-Rype, Bates
worked in food
distribution
management. ALEX
CAMPBELL:
Alex Campbell
is president
and co-founder
of Thrifty
Foods, which
operates 16
stores on
Vancouver
Island Victoria
in 1977. The
company has
more than 2,400
employees, and
a market share
of 40 per cent
on Vancouver
Island. DONALD
GOULD:
Donald Gould is
president and
CEO of The Pas
Lumber Co. Ltd.
in Prince
George. He
started with
the company in
1965 as
controller and
office manager,
then became
senior
vice-president
and general
manager in
1972, and
president and
chief operating
officer in
1984. Prior to
that, he was an
accounting
student with
Gardner and Co.
Gould has
served as a
director of
numerous
associations
and companies.
NORMAN
KEEVIL:
Norman Keevil
is chairman and
CEO of Teck
Corp., and
effective Aug.
1, will become
chairman of the
merged Teck
Cominco Ltd. He
joined Teck
Corp. in 1962
as
vice-president
exploration,
became
executive
vice-president
in 1968,
president and
CEO in 1981,
and chairman
and CEO in
2000. He is
also chairman
of the board of
Cominco Ltd.,
and a director
of the Mining
Association of
Canada. DEREK
LEE: Mr.
Lee operates
International
Realty Inc., an
integrated
property
management,
brokerage and
development
company that
manages a
diversified
real estate
portfolio with
a market value
of more than
$400 million.
The company has
expertise in
the North
American real
estate market,
and business
contacts
throughout
North America
and the Pacific
Rim. Lee
graduated from
the University
of B.C. in 1982
with a bachelor
of commerce
degree in urban
land
economics. MICHAEL
PHELPS:
Michael
Phelps is
chairman and
chief executive
officer of
Westcoast
Energy Inc. He
joined the
company in 1982
as a special
adviser to the
president and
has since held
the positions
of senior
vice-president,
executive
vice-president
and chief
financial
officer, and
president. He
holds a master
of laws degree
from the London
School of
Economics.
Phelps has
served as a
member of
numerous
boards. MARTHA
PIPER:
Martha Piper is
president and
vice-chancellor
of the
University of
British
Columbia.
Before joining
UBC in 1997,
Dr. Piper was
vice-president
research at the
University of
Alberta, and
dean of the
university's
Faculty of
Rehabilitation
Medicine. She
received her
doctorate in
epidemiology
and biostatics
from McGill
University in
1979, her
masters in
child
development
from the
University of
Connecticut,
and her
bachelor of
science in
physical
therapy from
the University
of
Michigan. STEPHANIE
SHARP:
Stephanie Sharp
is managing
director of
corporate
finance at
Arthur Anderson
LLP. Her
experience with
mid-size and
large
corporations
includes a
range of
operational,
strategic and
advisory roles
in the health
care, energy,
manufacturing,
technology and
telecommunications
sectors. Sharp
has been
instrumental in
the
establishment
and growth of a
number of
business and
not-for-profit
ventures. KEN
SHIELDS:
Ken Shields is
president and
chief executive
officer of
Raymond James
Ltd., the
Canadian
subsidiary of
Florida-based
Raymond James
Financial, Inc.
Shields is a
founder of
Goepel Shields
and Partners
Inc., which
merged with
McDermid St.
Lawrence
Securities Ltd.
in 1998 to
become the full
service
investment firm
of Goepel
McDermid Inc.
It was acquired
by Raymond
James Financial
in January
2001. Shields
has been an
active member
of the business
and financial
community in
Canada for more
than 25 years.
He is a
director of
TimberWest
Forest Corp., a
past governor
of the
Vancouver Stock
Exchange, past
chairman of the
Investment
Dealers
Association of
Canada, and a
former director
of Slocan
Forest Products
Ltd., Pacifica
Papers Inc. and
the Mutual Fund
Dealers
Association of
Canada. MARK
SHUPARSKI :
Mark Shuparski
is president
and CEO of the
Bentall Corp.
Its principal
business is the
acquisition,
development,
leasing,
financing and
management of
downtown and
suburban office
properties,
primarily in
Vancouver,
Seattle and
Southern
California.
Prior to
joining Bentall
in 1995,
Shuparski was
president of
GWL Realty, and
before that was
a senior
vice-president
of Markborough
Properties,
responsible for
its land,
office and
industrial
portfolio in
Canada, the
U.S. and the
United Kingdom.
He holds a
masters of
business
administration
from the
University of
Western Ontario
and a bachelor
of
environmental
studies from
the University
of
Waterloo. GERRI
SINCLAIR:
Gerri Sinclair
is the founder
and former
president and
CEO of Ncompass
Labs, an
Internet
software
company
recently
acquired by
Microsoft.
Sinclair is the
founding
director of the
ExCITE lab at
Simon Fraser
University. She
was an IBM
consulting
scholar, as
well as a
visiting
research
scientist at
IBM's T.J.
Watson Research
Labs in New
York. She holds
a PhD from UBC
and has served
on advisory
boards,
including
Canada's
National
Advisory
Council on the
Information
Highway and the
Canadian
Network for the
Advancement of
Research,
Industry and
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