Wayne Strandlund

Background

About Wayne Strandlund

Wayne Strandlund is the Chancellor and Chair of the Board of Governors of Royal Roads University where he is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Finance and Audit Committee, the Program and Research Counsel and the Standing Committee on Appeals. He is also the Chair of the Royal Roads University Foundation. Wayne has represented the real estate industry on the Treaty Negotiations Advisory Committee and the British Columbia Expropriation Association. He is a founding member of the Canadian College for Chinese Studies where he lectured to foreign students on the subject of Canadian Securities, a former receiver and trustee for special situations including beneficiary groups of up to 2,300 people and the founder of a publicly-traded real estate developer. Wayne has spent his business career since 1967 in real estate-related business activity, including construction, development, property management and mortgage investments and management. In 2013 Wayne was appointed a director of the Real Estate Compensation Fund Corporation. The Strandlund family is involved in education, sports, arts and culture. Wayne is a long-time supporter of the Victoria Symphony and has contributed to its success in many ways over the years. He has been a director of the Victoria Symphony and currently participates on the Symphony’s Business Advisory Council. Wayne is the principal patron of Maestra Tania Miller, Victoria Symphony’s music director and conductor. His Extra Strings program and concert sponsorships have enabled the Victoria Symphony to greatly expand its repertoire. Wayne has sponsored a number of fundraising music events, concerts and festivals including a multi-year sponsorship of Symphony in the Summer, the Mozart Festival, the Beethoven Festival and the Lieutenant-Governor’s Sing Me a Song program. An Honorary Life Member of the Victoria Symphony, Wayne was presented in 2014 with the Unforgettable Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts in Victoria.