Management

DOUG TAYLOR  B.A. (Economics), M.Sc. (Public International Law) C.I.T.P., C.M.C.

Doug Taylor is the Managing Director of Pacific Business Intelligence Ltd. (PBI). Established in 1983, PBI provides professional consulting services in the core areas of international business development, strategic planning, international marketing and corporate guidance. PBI has undertaken assignments in over twenty countries in Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and the Caribbean for private industry, governments and international organizations. Doug has successfully operated the firm with bases at various times in Canada, the U.K. and Singapore. Private sector industry experience includes among others, information technology, telecommunications, financial services, aerospace, transportation, environmental sciences, consulting engineering, advanced manufacturing, management training, executive development education, tourism, business services, energy, waste management, medical instrumentation, health management, forestry, geographic information systems, insurance, not-for-profit and internet services. Public sector experience includes clients such as Industry Canada, the University of Victoria, the University of Lethbridge, the International Development Research Centre, the Asian Development Bank, Canadian International Development Agency, the Caribbean Development Bank and the Canadian High Commission, Singapore.

During a recent hiatus from his consulting practice Doug was the Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre (VIATeC) a member driven organization whose mandate is to assist in the development of the advanced technology industry on Vancouver Island. VIATeC acts as liaison with industry, government and educational organizations to ensure that Vancouver Island's potential for growth in the advanced technology industry is fully realized. In this capacity Doug developed the association to become the largest technology industry association, by membership, in Canada.

Doug is an Adjunct Professor in the Business Faculty at the University of Victoria and an Associate Faculty member in the Faculty of Management at Royal Roads University. He has also taught at York University, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Seneca College in Canada and at Singapore Polytechnic and the Marketing Institute of Singapore in Singapore. He teaches international marketing, international trade-finance, international business management and strategic planning. Doug is also a noted public speaker on the process of international business practices and technology development.

He is currently a Director of the Forum for International Trade Training and on the Board of Advisors for the Canada Export Centre. In the recent past he has been on the Board of Directors for the Wise Energy Cooperative, the Garth Homer Society and Foundation and the Entrepreneurial Learning Foundation, the Camosun College Foundation Board, the Victoria Music Festival Society, the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre, the Greater Victoria Film Commission and the BC Biotech Alliance. He was the founding Chair of the Greater Victoria Enterprise Partnership, and the International Science & Technology Committee for the Science Council of British Columbia. Doug has also been a Director of the Association of Professional Economists of B.C., the Canada-Singapore Business Association, the Malaysia-Canada Business Council and the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies. In addition he is on the Board of Advisors for a number of Canadian advanced technology firms.

Doug holds a B.A. in Economics from Dalhousie University in Canada, an M.Sc. in Public International Law from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and a Diploma from the Canadian Securities Institute. Doug holds the designations of Certified International Trade Professional, C.I.T.P. and Certified Management Consultant, C.M.C.