T. Richard Turner
Since 1995, Richard Turner has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of TitanStar Investment Group Inc., a private company engaged in the provision of private equity capital to mid-market businesses and capital for real estate developments and acquisitions.
His current board positions include Board Chair and Director of ICBC; Trustee of Sun Gro Horticultural Income Fund and Board Chair and Director of its operating subsidiary, Sun Gro Horticultural Canada Inc.; Board Chair and Trustee of Pure Industrial Real Estate Fund; Board Chair and Director of the operating subsidiary of WesternOne Equity Income Fund; and Director of Sora Group Wealth Advisors Inc. Mr. Turner is also a Director of the Organizing Committee of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee; Governor of the B.C. Business Council; and a past Chair and Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade.
From 1988 to 2005, Mr. Turner served as a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the operating subsidiary of IAT Air Cargo Facilities Income Fund, a business which is involved in the development and management of real estate at airports. Mr. Turner also served as Board Chair and Director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation from 2001 to 2005 and Trustee of Sunrise Senior Living REIT from 2004 - 2007. He also serves as the Honorary Consul for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Vancouver.
In 2003, Mr. Turner received H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee Award for public service in Canada.
Mr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of British Columbia and is a Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
