Board trustees

Meet BC's Municipal Pension Board of Trustees.


Brian Northam

Brian Northam

Appointed by: Council of Joint Organizations and Unions
Committee(s): Valuation
Board term: 2001–current


Brian is a founding trustee who represented the Council of Joint Organizations and Unions during the joint trust agreement negotiations. He served on the board’s communications and interplan education committees for over 10 years.

A member of the Association of Canadian Pension Management, he has completed trustee education courses through Sauder School of Business, Humber College and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (advanced trustee management standards program).

Brian is vice president for the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees’ Union, where he has served on the executive for over 25 years. He also participated on the advisory committee of the Capilano University’s labour studies program.

Brian is a member and director for the Delta Police Pipe Band.

He has worked as an electrician with the Metro Vancouver utilities division for 31 years.