BURNABY, BC, Nov. 8, 2019 /CNW/ - Taiga Building Products Ltd.
("Taiga" or the "Company") today announces that Garson Lee has joined the board of directors and
the audit committee of the Company.
Mr. Lee is an experienced accounting professional with over 45
years of business and professional public practice experience in
Canada. Upon graduating from the
University of British Columbia, he
joined Price Waterhouse & Company ("PwC") where he successfully
completed his articles and obtained his Chartered Accountant
degree. Mr. Lee left PwC to join Macmillan Bloedel Limited, which
was Canada's largest forest
products company.
He managed the company's Internal Audit Division and after 10
years, left to enter the public accounting field. He has 35 years
of public practice experience as a Partner and retired in 2015. His
firm was ranked among the top 30 Chartered Accounting firms in
Canada. He is also the Managing
Director of several private corporations which provide management,
consulting and other professional services.
He was also appointed as a Director of Vancouver Bullion &
Currency Exchange Limited ("VBCE") in February 2018 and as a Director of Avarga Limited
in March 2017 which he resigned from
in September 2019. Avarga Limited is the Company's major
shareholder.
Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the
University of British Columbia. He also
holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered
Accountant (CA) designation. He is a member of the Chartered
Professional Accountants of British
Columbia and the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Alberta.
SOURCE Taiga Building Products Ltd.