James Moore

The Hon. James Moore, PC, has had a distinguished career in public service. A Member of Parliament for 15 years, he served as Minister of Industry, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages and as Secretary of State for the 2010 Olympics and the Asia-Pacific Gateway. Today, he is Senior Business Advisor at the multinational law firm Dentons and a Public Policy Advisor at the global public relations and marketing consultancy firm Edelman. Mr. Moore’s current Board seats include, goeasy Ltd. (TSX: GSY), the Canadian American Business Council, the Canada-China Business Council, Business Council of B.C., Concussion Legacy Foundation, and as the Vice-Chair on the Canadian Cancer Society. Mr. Moore is also a past member of the NAFTA Council for the Government of Canada, the Trilateral Commission and is on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum’s Future of the Internet Initiative. He also served as the sixth Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia.

Fluently bilingual in French & English, Mr. Moore holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Northern B.C. and a Master’s Degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He now resides with his family in Port Moody, British Columbia.