Jim Chu is currently the Senior Vice President of the Aquilini Group, a privately held company with diversified holdings that include the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks. Prior to working in the private sector, he served for 36 years as a Vancouver Police officer, including as Chief Constable from 2007 to 2015, and President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police from 2012 to 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Executive Institute.
Mr. Chu has received an honorary doctorate from the Justice Institute of British Columbia, an Outstanding Alumni Award from Simon Fraser University, and a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Services by the Governor General. He has previously served on the boards of the Streetohome Foundation, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, the Richmond Public Library, and TransLink, the regional Vancouver transportation authority. He has also served as the Chair of the Board of the British Columbia Emergency Health Services since 2021.