Eugene Kwan and Marcella Szel have been reappointed to second
three-year terms on the Port Metro Vancouver Board of Directors. The board
members’ new terms expire Sept. 25, 2016.
Szel, who has spent more than 20 years in the transportation
industry, is the Board’s Vice Chair, as well as Chair of the Human Resources
& Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She’s a
member of the Boards of Directors for both Translink, the organization
responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver, and
transportation and logistics enterprise Global Transportation Hub.
Kwan is the Chair of the port’s Major Capital Projects
Committee and a member of the Governance Committee. He is also President and
Chief Executive Officer of Agincourt Capital Corp., a privately held investment
company with extensive experience advising offshore investors and Senior
Counsel with Stikeman Elliott LLP.
Port Metro Vancouver’s Board of Directors is composed of 11
members: one federal appointee; one British Columbia provincial appointee; one
appointee for the Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; one
municipal appointee; and, seven federal appointees recommended by port users.
Szel and Kwan were initially appointed by the Canadian
federal government on the recommendation of the port user group.
