Boating BC Names New Executive Director

Bruce Hayne

Jan 9, 2020

Bruce Hayne Boating BC’s new Executive Director.

Surrey businessman and former City Councillor Bruce Hayne, has been appointed as Boating BC’s new Executive Director. Bruce is an accomplished business owner with an extensive marketing and advertising background. He also brings a great deal of experience at the government level, having served as a Councillor in the City of Surrey over a seven-year period.

The skills and experience Bruce Hayne brings will be an asset in both representing and advocating for the sector.

Lisa Geddes and Bob NicollLisa Geddes,retiring Executive Director at the Boating BC Conference 2019

He will assume the position of Executive Director, effective January 6, 2020, and succeeds Lisa Geddes, who has been our Executive Director since June of 2014, and under whose guidance, Boating BC’s profile and presence as the voice of BC’s recreational boating industry, has been elevated.

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