Fall is now in swing, and with the new season, some in real and estate and development across BC are settling into new roles. In fact, September brought a host of new hirings and promotions, including some high-level executive moves, such as Darren Tangen starting as the President of Westbank and Erin Elliott joining Conwest Developments as Chief Financial Officer.
The month also brought moves in government, across brokerages, and in finance.
Here are all the people who were hired or received promotions in BC in last month.
Development and Construction:
- Darren Tangen has been named President of Westbank.
- Erin Elliott has joined Conwest Developments as CFO.
- Richard Hylands has joined QuadReal’s Board of Directors.
- James Blair has been promoted to Managing Director at Marcus & Millichap.
- Christian Nonni has been promoted to Senior Director of Real Estate Operations at Nonni Property Group, while Tanner Rybchinsk has been promoted to Senior Director of Capital Finance.
- Matt Kamer has been promoted to Director of Construction at Western Canadian Properties Group.
- Sandy Nijjer has joined Ledingham McAllister as Director of Sales & Managing Broker, and Lori Brandstrom has joined Ledingham McAllister as Sales Manager for their Riviera project in Burnaby.
- Gaganpreet Kaur has joined Graham as a Senior Project Coordinator.
- Zac Abelson has been promoted to Development Manager at Wesgroup.
- Ryan Stennard has joined Boardwalk REIT as a Development Manager.
- Timea Kovacs has joined Devon Properties as Property Manager.
Government and Planning:
- Erin Gorby has joined Metro Vancouver as Division Manager, Regional Parks West Area.
- Kaitlynn Given has been promoted to Senior Development Planner at the City of Burnaby.
- Jeremy Yu is joining the Burnaby Housing Authority as Financial Controller.
- Saket Ayala has joined Calgary Housing as Leader, Portfolio Management.
Brokerages:
Finance:
- Jenny Siman has been promoted to Head of Real Estate, Western Canada for National Bank of Canada.
- Colin Zhong has been promoted to Senior Manager of Mid-Market Commercial Banking at CIBC.
- Sahib Lalli and Justin McGaw have been promoted to AVP of Real Estate Finance at CMLS Financial in Edmonton and Calgary, respectively.
- Sean Lippitt has joined MCAP in Calgary as Senior Director, Development Finance Group.
- Matthew Spiwek has been promoted to Associate Director of Mortgage Origination at Canada ICI Capital Corporation’s team in Alberta.
National:
- Ana Bailão has been appointed inaugural CEO of Build Canada Homes.
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