Mossadiq S. Umedaly, B.Com, MBA, FCA, ICD.D

Director and Chair, BC Hydro
Director and Executive Chair, Powertech Labs Inc.

Appointed December 13, 2007

Mossadiq S. Umedaly is the Chair of BC Hydro. He is also the Chairman of Xantrex Technology Inc., a world leading advanced power electronics company, where from 1999 to 2003, he was the Chief Executive Officer. From 1990 to 1998 he was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ballard Power Systems. He has previously held senior management positions in the Aga Khan Development Network and began his career with Price WaterhouseCoopers in 1975.

Umedaly is a member of the Premier's Climate Action Team and the Premier's Technology Council in British Columbia. He is a member of the steering committee of the Institute of Climate Change Solutions at the University of Victoria. He serves on the advisory boards for the Faculties of Business at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia and McMaster University, Ontario. He is also a director of the Vancouver Board of Trade, a board member of the US Department of Energy's National Centre for Photovoltaics, and a member of the David Suzuki Foundation's Business Council on Sustainability.

In April 2005, Umedaly was appointed by the Premier of British Columbia to lead the Alternative Energy and Power Technology Task Force to develop an implementation plan for the "Vision to Grow a World Class Power Technology Cluster in a Sustainable British Columbia," a report which he authored.

Umedaly holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business Administration from McMaster University, is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and he is a certified Director, from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

He has received a number of awards for his accomplishments in business and contributions to society. In 2007, he received the Leadership award from the BC Export Awards and the North American Alternative / Renewable Energy Lifetime Achievement Award from Frost & Sullivan. In 2004, he received Ernst & Young's Pacific Region Entrepreneur of the Year for the Technology and Manufacturing category, and in 2003 he received the British Columbia Technology Industries Association's award for Person of the Year and the Wayne C. Fox Distinguished Alumni Award from McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business.

Last Modified: Jun 17, 2008