RANDY ZIEN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Randy is Deputy Chairman of Persis and the previous President of Wesbild from 1998 to 2008. For over 25 years, Randy has helped shape Wesbild’s company vision and its strategic positioning as an enterprising, multi-faceted real estate developer.

Randy holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from University of British Columbia. For many years, he practiced as the Senior Tax Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais in Vancouver with a specialty in the real estate and international tax. Before joining Wesbild and Persis, he was the CFO of Bancorp Polygon.

He is currently a member and immediate past Chair of UBC Properties Trust , as well as a Board Member of Belkorp Industries  and The Fuller Group ( Earls, Joeys and Cactus Club restaurants) as well as a Board member of two pharmaceutical corporations.

Randy is also immediate past President of the Morningside Homeowners’ Association and Big Sky Golf Club. His past board affiliations include Future Shop, the Coquitlam Builders’ Trust, Collingwood School, the Urban Development Institute , British Columbia Housing  Corporation and British Columbia Building Corporation. He is a past Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation , and for several years was an adjunct professor at UBC Law School as well as the Canadian Institute of Charted Accounts Advanced Taxation Program.

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