Concert Properties welcomes Christine Bergeron in her new role as president and CEO. She brings more than 25 years’ experience building and leading financial firms.
Over her career, Bergeron has led wealth management, business banking and commercial real estate portfolios, has financed innovative companies as a venture capitalist and has experience in asset management. She is also a proven entrepreneur who has both created and helped build successful financial firms, and this entrepreneurial perspective has continued to inform her solutions-oriented approach as a leader.
Bergeron was most recently the president and CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest credit union with over $33 billion in assets under administration.
“Concert Properties has an impressive reputation, grounded by a culture and people-first values that resonate with me, and I am inspired by the company’s vision of building resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities,” says Bergeron.
The company is embarking on the largest construction effort in its history, with more than $2 billion in projects under construction or planned over the next five years.
“David Podmore, an industry icon, has built a highly respected real estate enterprise delivering impressive growth and returns, and I look forward to working with the team to take Concert Properties into the next phase of its growth,” says Bergeron.
Christine has been the recipient of several prestigious awards. In 2022, she was named by BC Business as the winner of the Corporate Leader category in the Women of the Year Awards, and she also received the Business in Vancouver Influential Woman in Business Award.
She has extensive experience serving on boards, including UBC’s Sauder School of Business Faculty Advisory Board, InBC Investment Corporation (Inaugural Chair), Women’s Enterprise Centre of BC (Chair), BC Business Council Board of Governors, Aviso Wealth Inc. and United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative.
Concert Properties’ co-founder David Podmore, OBC remains chair of the board, and along with the company’s senior executive team will support and work closely with Bergeron.