Accountable to the Beem Credit Union Board of Directors, the President and CEO is responsible for ensuring ongoing success and prosperity for the credit union and its shareholders. The President and CEO provides leadership, direction, co-ordination and planning to ensure the strategic goals and objectives of the credit union are achieved against all aspects of the corporate strategic plan.

Born and raised in British Columbia, with a career that has taken him across the globe, Brian has more than 20 years of experience leading financial services companies through significant growth while helping them adapt to an unprecedented pace of change.

Brian joined Interior Savings Credit Union in 2022 and led the credit union through three successful mergers. Prior to that, he was Chief Product Officer at Nets, a leading payments provider based in the Nordics, where he and his team helped revolutionize the consumer and small business digital experience for more than 150 European financial institutions.

With a deeply held belief in the importance of purpose in business, a member-centric approach and a strong track record of inspiring engaged and high-performing teams, Brian is well-positioned to lead the merged credit union through this period of change and growth.

As President of BlueShore Financial, a division of Beem Credit Union, Ian would be responsible for overall leadership of BlueShore Financial, a division of Beem Credit Union through the transition period.

Ian has a long track record of leadership in driving solid financial results, building high-performance teams and deepening member engagement throughout his career within the Canadian financial services sector. He has demonstrated strength in client experience, risk management, and technology innovation.

Ian has a breadth of executive experience with large and mid-sized Canadian credit unions, most recently serving as CEO of Kindred Credit Union for nearly five years. Prior to that, he held several executive roles during his 10 years at Coast Capital Savings, including as Chief Risk Officer, Vice-President Retail and Wealth, and Chief Member Experience Officer, in addition to his extensive risk advisory experience at Deloitte.

As Chief Business Innovation Officer, Sue Britton joined Beem in 2024 to help build an agile, cross-functional team that stimulates new ideas while developing process and discipline to deliver innovation throughout the organization.

With more than 30 years of experience in creating new products and solutions for the financial sector, Sue is a FinTech innovator and growth strategist. In addition to her role at Beem, Sue is also CEO and Founder of Firefly Growth, a company that helps clients transform and redefine their business or offerings in the market.

At present, Sue is a member of Fintech Canada, the Canadian Lenders Association, an Advisory Board Member with the Canadian Innovation Exchange, and also a member of FinPay Canada, a committee of Finance Canada.

Sue holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University.

As Chief Technology Officer, Dave is responsible for executing on the credit union’s technology roadmap to deliver differentiated and user-centred applications, technologies, and robust data analysis to support the credit union’s vision and decisions. 

Dave built his career in IT and software development in the energy sector, before moving into the financial services industry in 2016 where, most recently, he held the position of VP of Enterprise Technology at Equitable Bank.

With more than two decades of leadership experience in his field, Dave has been able to leverage his strong technical background and rich history in designing technology systems to solve real-world problems, while also helping companies navigate through intense periods of change.

Dave holds an MBA and Bachelor of Technology where he graduated Summa Cum Laude from McMaster University.

Maggie joined Beem in 2024 as Chief Growth Officer, where she is responsible for ensuring member and market insights are converted into omni-channel member experiences that drive sustained revenue growth, increasing member wallet share and new member acquisition.

Over the past two decades, Maggie has worked and led across all business lines in the financial services industry. Her career has included international banking experience where she held senior roles at RBC, as well as Westpac and BT Financial in Australia, before joining the Canadian credit union system in 2015, most recently as Chief Growth Officer for Conexus Credit Union, where she has helped innovate and modernize the member experience.

Maggie holds an MBA in Human Resource Management from the University of South Australia and has completed the Executive Program at Queen’s University.

She is also Vice-Chair of the Canadian Credit Union Association Board of Directors, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Bankers, and holds a Financial Planning designation and a ICD.D director designation.

In her role as Chief People and Culture Officer, Tara leads Beem’s strategies for people development, DEI, culture, leadership and change, in support of the credit union’s overall vision, mission, values and strategy.

With more than 20 years of experience leading human resource growth and transformation globally and locally, Tara brings to her role a deep understanding of what is needed to help people and organizations thrive.

With a diverse background that has spanned the hospitality, retail, tech and financial services sectors, Tara has helped lead HR teams at Fairmont Hotels, Lululemon and, most recently, Vancity Credit Union where she held the role of VP, People.

Tara is a graduate of the Strategic Human Resources Management program at Royal Roads and holds a BA from Queens University.

As Chief Financial Officer, Ron leads the credit union by providing financial insights to guide and influence timely decisions and chart our strategic direction. Ron has more than 25 years of combined financial expertise in public practice and industry. He joined Gulf & Fraser in 2001, progressing from Controller to Vice President, Finance to his current position as Chief Financial Officer.

In his role, Ron sets the financial objectives of the organization and oversees the accounting and reporting, tax and compliance, financial planning and analysis, and treasury functions of the credit union.

Ron also participates on a number of regulatory working groups with the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA), Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) and the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation (CUDIC) to ensure ongoing confidence and stability in the BC credit union system while maintaining a framework that allows credit unions to thrive and serve their members effectively.

Ron is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.

In her role as Chief Relationship Officer at Beem, Karen cultivates strong organizational relationships across the credit union system, ensures the credit union’s voice is represented in relevant provincial and federal policy decisions, and leads the development and effective operation of our provincial governance model.

Karen has more than 30 years’ experience in the credit union industry and 15 years of executive leadership in human resources, communication, and technology. Karen started her career working for financial institutions in the UK and, upon joining Interior Savings in 1995, Karen began as a teller and progressed through the business to regional manager prior to beginning her work in human resources and technology.

Prior to her current role, Karen served as Chief Culture and Technology Officer at Interior Savings where she was responsible and accountable for the overall planning, management and control of human resources, communications, information systems, privacy, processes, policies and procedures.

Karen holds a business degree from England, has completed advanced education including coaching and change management through Queens University and recently completed her Strategic Innovation certification through Stanford.

Following the recent merger between Gulf & Fraser and Interior Savings, Mary Lynn was named Chief Integration Officer, where she is leading collaboration across the organization to develop and deliver a disciplined integration strategy, process, communication, and delivery plan. 

Mary Lynn began her career in the financial services industry in 1996. Over nearly three decades, she has developed extensive and well-rounded experience in credit union operations.

Prior to the recent merger, Mary Lynn was Chief Information Officer at Gulf & Fraser, where she was responsible for leading the management and execution of the credit union’s network, security, and operational systems. She develops strategies to foster organizational efficiencies; innovation and creativity in the planning, design and implementation of operational processes and procedures; as well as technology standards and solutions, ensuring initiatives and procedures related to the delivery of these services strategically align with the credit union objectives.

Following the recent merger between Gulf & Fraser and Interior Savings, Scott continued in his role as Chief Risk Officer. In his role, he oversees a team of professionals who collectively manage credit risk management and approvals, collections, enterprise risk management activities, compliance, fraud, and organization-wide policy management and development. Scott plays a key oversight role in risk and policy changes as the organization works through multiple mergers and integrations.

Within BC’s financial system, Scott serves on working committees to establish guidelines and set high standards for delivering financial services in a manner that puts the consumer first and demands accountability from financial institutions. He has collaborated on a number of impactful projects—establishing the nationwide Market Code of Conduct, restructuring Canada’s Central Bank protocols for managing liquidity, and establishing vendor management standards, among other initiatives.

Scott holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Victoria.