Pacific Blue Cross is pleased to announce the election of Richard Taylor to the role of Chair of the Pacific Blue Cross Board of Directors. Richard has served as a Director since 1991, and served as Board Chair twice before, he also previously served as a director with the organization’s subsidiary BC Life & Casualty Company (BC Life).

Richard served as Executive Director of the Union of BC Municipalities for 22 years. He was a founding trustee of BC's Municipal Pension Board of Trustees, where he served three terms as chair and three terms as vice-chair. He also serves as Vice-Chair of BC Assessment.

A strong advocate for building healthy communities, Richard is founding Chair of the Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation, which provides grants to not-for-profit organizations working to improve health and wellbeing in BC.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria, a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the ICD-Rotman Directors Education Program. He holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.