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Vancity CEO stepping down

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Apr, 2023 10:54 AM
  • Vancity CEO stepping down

B-C's Vancity credit union says Christine Bergeron is stepping down as president and C-E-O to take the top job at real estate company Concert Properties.

The credit union says Bergeron will continue with Vancity until mid-July.

Bergeron joined Vancity in 2011 and has been chief executive since 2020.

Concert Properties says she will join the company as president and chief executive on September 5th.

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