Christine is the CEO of the Vancity Group, a values-based group of financial companies using the tools of banking and finance to address systemic challenges, help develop healthy communities that are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and drive impact for people and planet.

Christine believes that banking plays a vital role in developing a healthy society – building the well-being of people and, at the same time, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the communities in which they live and work.

Christine's achievements in fostering community impact, social justice and environmental sustainability have earned her accolades from Business in Vancouver magazine as a previous Top 40 under 40 winner, a 2021 most influential business leader, and a 2022 Influential Women in Business Award winner. She has also received several awards as an influential woman in finance, including the 2022 BC Business Women Corporate Leader award and the 2017 Clean50 award for her dedication to sustainability.

Christine chairs the board of InBC Investment Corp., and currently represents North America on the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s Banking Board. She is a member of the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council. She serves on the board of Aviso Wealth and the Board of Governors for the BC Business Council.

As Chief Financial Officer of both Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) and Vancity Credit Union, Clayton Buckingham oversees the health of its $26.4 billion in assets and assets under administration. Clayton came to Vancity/VCIB from the British Columbia Automobile Association, where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Insurance Officer.

Prior to being named its CFO in 2013, Clayton served the BCAA and its almost 900,000 members in a number of other finance-related capacities: as director, financial planning and analysis; and as corporate controller. During his time at BCAA he progressively assumed responsibility for BCAA’s insurance operations and was ultimately named the organization’s Chief Insurance Officer in 2019.

Clayton has experience leading a team of diverse professionals and overseeing a large organization’s financial activities, including corporate finance, accounting, investment management, insurance, tax, internal audit, risk management, regulatory compliance, strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting.

Among his individual accomplishments, Clayton was honoured with a B.C. CFO Award in 2016, in the transformation agent category, by Business in Vancouver and the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. Born in New Westminster and raised in Port Moody, Clayton has lived in Vancouver since 2015. He serves as a director of the Take a Hike Foundation, a full-time alternate high school program that uses the outdoors and adventure to engage vulnerable youth in school, community and mental health supports.

Clayton is an enthusiastic outdoorsperson who enjoys downhill skiing, ski touring, hiking and running, although he says his time spent pursuing those activities has been curtailed since he and his wife welcomed their son Henry into the world in 2018.

As the Vice President of VCIB, Jennifer leads the development and implementation of the bank’s growth strategy in the areas of commercial and business banking, social purpose real estate, and climate finance.

Jennifer has over 23 years of extensive banking and financial leadership experience and prior to joining VCIB, she was the Vice President, Loan Operations and Customer Relations at Infrastructure Ontario where she oversaw the loan administration, business development, and grant management activities associated with the Infrastructure Ontario loan program.

Jennifer has honed her loan portfolio management and commercial-lending expertise through the years in previous roles at Equitable Bank, Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company, and Northern Birch Credit Union.

Leading the team at VCIB, Jennifer is driven by the belief that what you finance has a huge impact on our planet and communities.

As Chief Risk Officer of Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB), Kevin leads a team of professionals who have a deep understanding of risk in order to allow VCIB to accelerate impact and meet regulatory requirements. In this role, he is responsible for developing the Bank’s risk framework and its risk appetite and ensuring that all risks generated by the business are measured, reviewed and monitored on an ongoing basis.

Kevin brings over 25 years’ experience in risk management and commercial banking. He draws his experience from previous roles with The HSBC Group and Coast Capital Savings Credit Union having worked in Canada, The United States, Hong Kong, London, and India. He holds an MBA, a Bachelor of Commerce and is an Associate of the Institute of Canadian Bankers

A lawyer specializing in human rights, labour, freedom of information and the protection of privacy, Anita Braha has run her own firm for over 20 years. She joined the Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) Board of Directors in 2018.

As a progressive lawyer and educator, Anita sees her role with VCIB as a continuation of over two decades of work on systemic change on social and economic justice issues.

Called to the Ontario bar in 1988 and the B.C. bar in 1990, Anita has practiced law through her own firm for over 20 years, with a special focus on human rights, labour, freedom of information, and protection of privacy areas. She also serves as a director at Stabilization Central Credit Union. As a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD, and a holder of the ICD.D designation, he is committed to maintaining the highest standards of directorship.

Anita is an active volunteer in the community, having served as the National Co-ordinator for the National Association of Women and the Law, co-chair of the Human Rights Section of the BC CBA. She is a past executive member of the BC Industrial Relations Association.

Born in Lima, Peru, Anita lived in Montreal, Toronto and the US before moving to Vancouver in 1989. Currently, she splits her time between her practice in Vancouver and the home she shares with her partner on Galiano Island.

Christine is the CEO of the Vancity Group, a values-based group of financial companies using the tools of banking and finance to address systemic challenges, help develop healthy communities that are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, and drive impact for people and planet.

Christine believes that banking plays a vital role in developing a healthy society – building the well-being of people and, at the same time, ensuring the long-term sustainability of the communities in which they live and work.

Christine's achievements in fostering community impact, social justice and environmental sustainability have earned her accolades from Business in Vancouver magazine as a previous Top 40 under 40 winner, a 2021 most influential business leader, and a 2022 Influential Women in Business Award winner. She has also received several awards as an influential woman in finance, including the 2022 BC Business Women Corporate Leader award and the 2017 Clean50 award for her dedication to sustainability.

Christine chairs the board of InBC Investment Corp., and currently represents North America on the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s Banking Board. She is a member of the Government of Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council. She serves on the board of Aviso Wealth and the Board of Governors for the BC Business Council.

With an interest in Indigenous law, public service and public policy, Clint Davis’ career has always focused on Indigenous communities, economies and establishing strong foundations of business.

Clint began his career as a lawyer in St. John’s Newfoundland, but later entered public service at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada. Upon leaving government, he moved to BMO where he worked as the National Director for Aboriginal Banking, continued his career at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business as President and CEO, and then later joined TD Canada Trust as the Vice President of Aboriginal Affairs. Following this, Clint was the CEO of North35 Capital Partners, a business and capital advisory firm that worked with Indigenous governments and economic development corporations to achieve growth. He has since been appointed president and CEO of Nunasi Corporation, an Inuit owned development corporation headquartered in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Clint brings his years of expertise and knowledge to the Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) board, where he is excited about VCIB’s commitment to working exclusively with organizations focused on driving positive social, economic, and environmental change.

Clint has also served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Nunatsiavut Group of Companies, on the Board of Directors for Indspire, and on the Board of Directors for The Walrus magazine. Born and raised in Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Clint has since moved to Ottawa where he currently lives with his wife Hillary, their three children, and their 50 lb. King Shepherd.

As a long time advocate for affordable housing, Elain worked as a developer for non-profit and co-operative housing in the public, private and non-profit housing.

Elain brings her years of experience on the Board of Vancity Credit Union to the Vancity Community Investment Bank board where she is Chair of the Audit Committee. She is excited about the potential in a values-based bank to build stronger and healthier communities by building the social finance market in Canada.

In addition to her governance work at VCIB, Elain serves on the board of three non-profit organizations. She has served on various corporate boards and has extensive experience in all aspects of governance.

Mary was a co-founder of ShoreBank Corporation (the first and largest specialized community development bank holding company in the United States) and became its president in the early ‘80s.

Mary now brings her expertise in raising and deploying equity and deploying the deposits of social investors in neglected markets to her role at VCIB. She managed expansion activities of ShoreBank, including the formation of ShoreCap International in 2003—an equity investor in regulated microfinance and small business banks in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe which is closing its 3rd round in 2017 to invest in financial services in Africa.

Outside of her role at VCIB, Mary is Chair of Basix and a director of BSFL (a regulated non-bank financial institution subsidiary) in Hyderabad, India. Mary is also a director of Grassroots Business Fund and Rapid Results Institute. Mary is a founder for the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, and acts as director for two ex-ShoreBank affiliates and one former subsidiary.

Patrick Nangle is the CEO of Modo Co-operative, a consumer co-op that provides a platform for carsharing with more than 12,000 member-owners and 25,000 eligible drivers in 24 municipalities across BC. Modo’s purpose is to transform communities by connecting people with places in a way that’s affordable, convenient, inclusive and sustainable. He is proud of the way that the Modo team lives this deeply embedded purpose and the value they are creating for all stakeholders. Prior to joining Modo, Patrick was President & CEO of Purolator Inc., based in Mississauga, ON.

Patrick’s business career has spanned 25 years leading businesses of various sizes in the transportation, logistics and technology sectors in Europe, the United States, and Canada. spent more than 20 years living and working in Europe and the United States the U.S.

Patrick is a strong believer in community and sustainability and is an advocate for the role of member-owned co-operatives and social purpose enterprises in strengthening community resilience. He also serves on the boards of the British Columbia Co-op Association and Catalyst Community Developments Society, a BC-based not-for-profit real estate developer.

An urban beekeeper, he is actively involved in leading a David Suzuki Foundation project in his neighbourhood that is oriented to the health and wellbeing of native pollinators. He is proud of the fact that this local collaboration with neighbours has resulted in the creation of 80 pollinator gardens in boulevards and corner triangles during the last two years, with more to come.

Patrick was born in London, Ontario and now resides in Vancouver with his partner Carmelita, their cocker spaniel Milou and a thriving apiary in the backyard.

Joining the Vancity Community Investment Bank board of directors in June 2012 was a natural fit for Rick due to his experience leading Vancity’s member-facing lines of business and more recently moving to the SVP Enterprise Risk role.