Catherine Roome

Catherine Roome is a tech innovator with a passion for serving the public interest. She is President & CEO of Concert Properties, a Canadian real estate company based in Vancouver that is owned by 19 union and management pension funds. She is a past director of BC Hydro and remains chair of the board of its energy trading subsidiary Powerex.

She previously served on the private sector board of McElhanney, where she chaired their operating board. She was CEO, Technical Safety BC, for 11 years, and briefly served as Interim CEO of Atira Women's Resource Society. Roome is dedicated to fostering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and encouraging the next generation of leaders.