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Candidates announced for August Board election

This year, the Board election will take place approximately one month earlier than in previous years. The election period will open by August 8 and close on September 6 at noon. At its April 19 Board meeting, the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board approved a bylaw amendment to allow flexibility for the election period and a longer runway to onboard new Board members ahead of the

Election information

All registrants and trainees in good standing: P.Eng., P.Geo., P.L.Eng., P.L.Geo., EIT, GIT

Eligibility

By August 8, 2024. Candidate profiles online at egbc.ca/Board-Election

Election opens

Annual General Meeting. Board candidates

Election closes

At noon on September 6, 2024

For the 2024 Board election, registrants will be electing three Board members to each serve a three-year term. The following candidates have been selected to stand for Board member positions this year:

Published by September 13, 2024, at egbc.ca/Board-Election

Results

Board Candidate (Elect three)

Discipline Location

Board structure ‣ Engineers and Geoscientists BC is governed by a board of elected registrants and government appointees. The board oversees the governance and management of the organization and is accountable to the public. ‣ All election information, including candidate

Kirn Dhillon, P.Eng.

Civil

Sechelt

Bijan Pourkarimi, P.Eng.

Electrical

Vancouver

Malcolm Shield, P.Eng.

Mechanical

Vancouver

profiles and voting procedures, will be available at egbc.ca/Board-Election .

Jens Weber, P.Eng.

Software

Victoria

Gordon Zhou, P.Eng.

Civil

Coquitlam

The nominees are selected by the Nomination Committee, which evaluates candidates through a merit based process that considers their demonstrated skills in leadership, strategy, financial literacy, human resources, regulatory understanding, governance, and technical proficiency. The Committee also conducts a gap analysis to identify the skills and competencies most needed for the Board in the upcoming year, and considers how to best enable diverse and balanced leadership for the Board (See: egbc.ca/About/Governance/Board-Election/ Board-Nomination-Application-Process ). How to vote ‣ Registrants will be notified by email by August 8 with instruction on voting procedures. ‣ Voting will be conducted electronically. ‣ All registrants in good standing, including trainees, are eligible to vote.

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