An influential business leader and senior banker, Ms. Sarah Morgan-Silvester served as the inaugural chair of the newly formed Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest port and the third largest in North America. She has made significant contributions to the community in her professional career and with multiple diverse non-profit organizations.

While executive vice-president for HSBC Bank Canada, Ms. Morgan-Silvester was responsible for national personal banking services. She was also president and CEO of HSBC Trust Company and is a fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers. A sought-after business leader, Ms. Morgan-Silvester has applied her business acumen to benefit the people of British Columba, serving on several non-profit boards and councils including the David Suzuki Foundation, National Business Advisory Council, the Blue Ribbon Council on Vancouver’s Business Climate, the C.D. Howe Institute, the UBC Board of Governors, and the Vancouver Foundation.

Widely known for her conscientious leadership, Ms. Morgan-Silvester was appointed by the Province to oversee the critical integration of the three Lower Mainland port authorities and served as the inaugural chair of the newly formed Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most diversified port in North America.

As chair of the BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation board and as UBC’s 17th Chancellor and a dedicated member of UBC’s Campaign Cabinet, she helped these two provincial institutions achieve some of the largest campaign fundraising goals in Canadian history and raise over a billion dollars to transform health care and education in B.C. and Canada. She also led by example, making financial contributions to both campaigns and delivering many presentations in the community articulating the vision necessary to inspire others to donate. She actively volunteers as a mentor, advisor and guest speaker at UBC.

Ms. Morgan-Silvester received the Association of Women in Finance Lifetime Achievement Award, the Influential Women In Business Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. She has also been named one of BC’s 100 Women of Influence and included on Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 List.