Salima Remtulla

Salima Remtulla is a finance executive with international experience directing corporate strategy and building high-performance teams. She is a Director of ICBC and recently drove organizational change as Vice President of Operations and Corporate Strategy at Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.

Ms. Remtulla was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 by Caldwell Partners in 2021 and is a 2018 Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40 honouree. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Global Private Investing at D. E. Shaw & Co. LP, a multi-strategy hedge fund headquartered in New York City.

Ms. Remtulla is a graduate of Yale University and a Palmer Scholar of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, from which she holds an MBA and placed in the top 5% of her class. She is a CFA charterholder, certified in financial risk management and governance for not-for-profit directors, and is currently a candidate for the ICD.D and CPHR human resources designation.

In the community, Ms. Remtulla is a Director of LIFT Impact Partners. She previously served as Chair of the Vancouver Hospice Society, Governor of the B.C. Business Council, and a member of the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s capital campaign cabinet.