Tung Chan

Tung Chan in 2010.

Tung Chan (born 1952) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian philanthropist, columnist and businessman. He was the chief executive of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.. and a Vancouver city councillor from 1990 to 1993.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1974 and eventually settled in Vancouver. In Hong Kong, he worked as a stockbroker and floor trader and his personal assets were wiped out by a stock market crash in 1973. He worked as a waiter at the Terminal City Club in Downtown, Vancouver. He received a B.A. in sociology from the University of British Columbia, and joined TD Bank Financial Group in 1978 and was district VP in all 17 TD Canada Trust branches.[6] He also worked as a bartender, a radio program producer.[7][8]

In his spare time, Chan is an avid reader, swimmer, and traveller. Chan holds a General Management Diploma from the Institute of Canadian Bankers.[9][10][11]

Boards and Memberships[12][13]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.immigrantscanada.com/2011/12/tung-chan-canada.html
  2. ↑ http://chineseinvancouver.blogspot.ca/2006/10/political-background-wont-affect.html
  3. ↑ http://smr.newswire.ca/en/success/success-executive-appointed-new-ceo
  4. ↑ http://www.successbc.ca/eng/images/stories/pdf/NL_Vol22.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2010/02/27/vancouver-sun-columnist-team-canada-as-white-as-snow/
  6. ↑ http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=8b38dbdc-c113-4b05-a1c8-356532b0e9f8
  7. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  8. ↑ http://www.bipt.ca/news/successful-vancouver-businessman-keeps-commitment-his-cultural-roots
  9. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  10. ↑ http://www.vancouverfoundationstories.ca/story.php?recordID=201
  11. ↑ http://www.straight.com/article-316996/vancouver/dont-expect-tung-chan-run-mayor-vancouver-npa
  12. ↑ http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/community-of-interest/Tung+Chan/1817180/story.html#ixzz2D7luduaf
  13. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  14. ↑ http://canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrant-stories/success%E2%80%99s-tung-chan-is-now-an-honorary-naval-captain
  15. ↑ http://blogs.vancouversun.com/author/ctchan/
  16. ↑ http://www.jackgin.com/Tung-Chan
  17. ↑ http://vancouverfoundation.ca/about/leadersandadvisors.htm#htm
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