DAVE BYNG

Dave provides strategic advice to a wide variety of corporate, public sector and not-for-profit executives and boards focused on delivering projects in the international trade, transportation, natural resource and education sectors.   

Dave has extensive experience driving British Columbia and Canada’s trade agenda with Asia, working with Canadian and Asian corporations as they pursue business opportunities in western Canada and China, Japan and Korea. Dave currently represents the Government of Japan as an Honorary Consul General.

During his 37-year career with the Province of British Columbia, as a Deputy Minister, CEO and senior executive, Dave has led major organizations, such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, British Columbia Railway Company, British Columbia Public Service Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

Dave recently joined the Take a Hike Foundation’s Board of Directors, supporting vulnerable youth in British Columbia’s K-12 education system. In addition, Dave chairs the Honours and Awards Committee for the Canadian Chapter of The Explorers Club and participates on the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s national advisory board for the Canadian Conservation Corps. Dave also leads conservation focused scientific expeditions globally, most recently in Fiji working with indigenous communities to establish a national park and marine reserve. Dave recently completed a six-year term on Royal Roads University’s Board of Governors, where he chaired the Finance and Audit Committee and acted as a Special Advisor to the President.