Jeff Scott, ICD.D Board Chair
Residence
Delta
Occupation
President & CEO, Coastal Pacific Xpress
Board Member 2021
Offices Held
• Past Board Co - Chair (2023 to 2024) • Member, Risk Management Committee • Member, New Housing Development Committee
Background and Contribution Jeff obtained a Bachelor of Commerce Finance from the University of British Columbia. During his university days, he worked for the Port of Vancouver and was encouraged by a colleague to attend British Columbia Institute of Technology ’ s Diploma in Shipping and Marine Operations program. Jeff was headed to the RCMP when unintentionally, he followed in his father ’ s footsteps and was assigned a work project at Fraser Surrey Docks as part of his second term. He started out as a dispatcher and spent the next 28 years working through all departments and areas of the organization. During the last 10 years, Jeff was appointed President and CEO at the height of the global financial crisis. He lead the organization through restructuring, diversification, rebuilding and most recently a sale. Jeff stayed on until the end of April 2020. Jeff joined Coastal Pacific Xpress as President and CEO after their recent divestment from Versacold. Both FSD and CPX are head quartered in Surrey. He is also on the board of Fibreco, a privately owned bulk materials handling terminal located in North Vancouver on Burrard Inlet. Other Activities and Community Involvement Recently, Jeff had been a director on the Reach Child and Youth Development Foundation where they recently completed a successful capital campaign to build a new $5 million outreach and services facility in downtown Ladner. The new building has allowed them to support more children with special needs and their family. Jeff is currently on the board of the Fraser River Discovery Center. The Center provides a place to learn, explore, share, understand and celebrate the diversity of the living, working Fraser River. The Musqueam Indian Band (MIB) and the Fraser River Discovery Centre Society (FRDCS) are developing the Fraser River Discovery Centre as x ʷ tatə l̕l əm, a Place of Learning about the Indigenous heritage and teachings of the Fraser River. Jeff has volunteered at local community events and was actively involved as a youth coach for many years in local soccer, baseball and hockey associations. Previously, Jeff was Chair of the Board of the BC Maritime Employers Association and is currently Chair of the Fraser River Industrial Association advocating for sustainable and responsible economic activity in the Lower Fraser River. Jeff is a Quantum Shift Fellow for the Ivey Business School and a member of McKay CEO Forums. Jeff recently obtained the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D) from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
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