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]

• Former CEO of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
• Member of the Premier's Chinese Community Advisory Committee
• Board adviser of the Vancouver Summer Festival Society.
• Board member of Richmond Public Library
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia
• Metropolis BC
• Fairchild TV
• United Way of the Lower Mainland
• The Vancouver Summer Festival Society
• Vancouver Foundation
• Fellow of Institute of Canadian Bankers
• Honorary Naval Captain^[14][15][16]

Awards

• Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.^[17]

See also

• Chinese Canadians in British Columbia

References