Engineers and Geoscientists BC

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Candidates Announced for August Board Election

Posted on June 3, 2024
Candidates Announced for August Board Election
The five candidates running for Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board positions have been announced for the August 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 Annual General Meeting on October 16.

Board Candidates

For the 2024 Board election, registrants will be electing 3 Board members to each serve a 3-year term. The following candidates have been selected to stand for Board member positions this year:

Board Candidate
(Elect three)

Discipline

Location

Kirn Dhillon, P.Eng. 

Civil 

Sechelt 

Bijan Pourkarimi, P.Eng. 

Electrical 

Vancouver 

Malcolm Shield, P.Eng.  

Mechanical 

Vancouver 

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.

For more details on the selection process and how the desired competencies are assessed, please see the Role and Overview of the Nomination Committee page and our Merit-Based Candidate Selection Framework.

Election

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.

Election information

Eligibility

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

Election opens

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

Election closes

At noon on September 6, 2024

Results

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

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 profiles and voting procedures, will be available on the election webpage.

Photo: The 2023/2024 Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board. Wendy D Photography