Brian Chu

Brian Chu joined TSSA's Board in October 2015. He was appointed as Vice Chair in May 2019 and is the Chair of its Governance and Human Resources Committee.

A founding partner of Toronto law firm Bogart Robertson& Chu LLP, Mr. Chu's practice includes acting for a number of large institutional insurance and bank lenders, as well as, lenders in the financial services industry such as mortgage funds and investment advisors. He also has extensive experience in the acquisition, disposition and financing of all commercial real estate asset classes, including retirement and nursing homes and cellular/broadcast towers.

Mr. Chu has extensive board experience in energy, post-secondary education, arts and culture sectors. He holds positions as the Vice Chair of the Toronto Hydro Corporation and is Chair of the Ontario Science Centre. Mr. Chu chairs the Toronto Hydro Corporation Human Resources and Environment Committee and formerly chaired its Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee at various times. These roles included dealing with capital market financings, business unit dispositions, corporate reorganization, strategic assessment and planning, governance, code of conduct/whistle-blower situations and CEO recruitment.

He was formerly Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Ontario Science Centre, Chair the Board of Laidlaw Foundation, Chair of the Board of Governors of Ontario College of Arts and Design (OCAD), Vice-Chair of Centennial College and a director and Vice-Chairman of The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. Mr. Chu is included in The Best Lawyers in Canada for real estate law, the global publication Who’s Who Legal for real estate law and is profiled in Canadian Who’s Who distributed by U of T Press. Believing in paying it forward, Mr. Chu has also served as a panelist on numerous occasions in his role as a director for the Maytree Foundation and Canadian Board Diversity Council educational programs.