Eva Kwok

Eva is the female embodiment of the word ‘Pioneer’. From real estate and international trade to small business and commercial involvement - she has had a hand in influencing corporate protocol while provoking cross-cultural opportunities and economic development in Canada. Her insight can be partly attributed to her commendable experience on multiple boards. Eva is a former board director for Bank of Montreal, B.C. Progress Board, Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, Coca-Cola, AT&T, Air Canada, B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation, and the Vancouver Board of Trade (to name a few). This Champion defies the statistics of the number of women on boards, which in turn, fuels her commitment to ridding gender stereotypes that professional women still encounter. With her former experience in academia, progressing from Assistant, to Associate, to Professor, to Dean, to President of SIAST, Eva now pursues an entirely different career path in land development and strategic partnerships with diversified interests. By foregoing the traditional idea of advancing in only one career, once again, this woman is setting innovative trends. Join us as Eva shares her experience about excelling as a woman in male-dominated professional settings; she will inspire you to shatter typecasts and the glass ceiling alike.

2005 – Present
Director, Li Ka-Shing (Canada) Foundation

2004 – Present
Director, Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI)
Member, Audit Committee

2002 – Present
Director, CK Life Sciences Int’l (Holdings) Inc.
Currently: Member, Audit Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee

1992 - 2000
Director, Husky Oil Limited

2000 - Present
Director, Husky Energy Inc.
Currently: Member, Compensation Committee
Member, Corporate Governance Committee
Formerly: Chair, Husky Oil Ltd., Employment Practices Steering Committee

Former Directorships

1999 – January 2009
Director, Bank of Montreal
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Conduct Review Committee (as of March 1, 2007, combined with the Audit Committee)
Member, Pension Fund Society of Bank of Montreal

2003 – August 2008
Director, B.C. Progress Board

2005 – July 2007
Member, Asia Pacific Trade Council, British Columbia

2000 - 2007
Member, Advisory Board for the National Awards in Governance,
The Conference Board of Canada/Spencer Stuart

2004 – October 16, 2006
Director, Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation
Member, Nominating and Governance Committee

2002 – December 2, 2003
Director, Telesystem International Wireless Inc.
Member, Human Resources Committee

1998 – October 1, 2003
Director, Air Canada
Chair, Investment Policy Committee
Member, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Human Resources and Compensation Committee

2001 - 2002
Director, B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation
Chair, Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

2000 - 2004
Director, Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year Award program

1998 - 2004
Member, Advisory Council, University of British Columbia,
Faculty of Graduate Studies

1995 - November 1999
Director, Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. (FCCL)
Member, The Independent Committee of the Directors of FCCL,
involving mergers & acquisitions
Member, Corporate Governance Committee

1993 - September 1999
Director, Clarica Life Insurance Company (formerly Mutual Life Insurance Company)
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Corporate Governance Committee

1996 - 1999
Vice-Chair, Vancouver Board of Trade

1994 - 1999
Director, Vancouver Board of Trade

1998 - 1999
Member, Advisory Board, The University of Western Ontario,
Richard Ivey School of Business

1995 - September 1997
Director, Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
Member, Human Resources Committee

1996 - April 1997
Director, AT&T Canada Long Distance Services

1996 - 1998
Director, The Banff Centre

1995 - 1996
President and Managing Director
Melcorp Mercantile Inc.

1992 - February 1995
Director, Scott Paper Ltd.

1991 - 1992
Director, SaskOil (Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Corporation)

1978 - 1988
Director, Leng Huah Ltd.
Penang, Malaysia

1986 - 1995
Director and Partner
Sinfonia Travel Agency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1995 - 1996
Director, VAST - Vancouver Arts Stabilization Team

1994 - 1996
Governor, Board of Governors, Simon Fraser University

1992 - 1996
Director, Open Learning Agency Foundation

1992 - 1994
Director, Simon Fraser University Foundation

1992 - 1994
Director, Vancouver General Hospital Foundation

1992 - 1993
Director, Vision 20/21 Eye Care
Vancouver General Hospital

1989 - 1990
International Education Division
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

1989 - 1990
Member
Saskatchewan Council to Science, Technology and Innovation

1987 - 1989
Director, Institute of Saskatchewan Enterprise

1972 - 1976 Consultant
Canadian International Development Agency
International Development Research Centre