Allan Seckel

A lawyer by profession, Allan Seckel, KC, has had a career that has spanned private practice, public service, and the not-for-profit sector. Mr. Seckel is currently the Chair of the BC Housing Commission and Vice Chair of Legal Aid BC. He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Covenant House Vancouver.

Mr. Seckel practised as a litigation lawyer with a major Vancouver firm after serving as Law Clerk to the Hon. Nathan Nemetz, Chief Justice of British Columbia, from 1983 to 1984. From 2003 to 2009 he was the Deputy Attorney General for British Columbia, and from 2009 to 2011 he was the Cabinet Secretary, Head of Public Service and Deputy Minister to the Hon. Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia. From 2017 to 2018 Mr. Seckel was the Chair of the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission. More recently, he has been the CEO of the Doctors of BC.

Mr. Seckel holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with joint honours in economics and commerce from Simon Fraser University, a law degree from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Law degree from Gonville & Caius College at Cambridge University, where he attended as a Commonwealth Scholar. He is the co-author of two legal texts. A member of the Law Society of BC, Mr. Seckel was designated a King’s (originally Queen’s) Counsel in 2003. In 2013, he earned an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.