Eleena Marley

CEO
Vancouver Economic Commission

Eleena Marley is responsible for leading the Vancouver Economic Commission. She has over 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors in Canada and across the U.K., largely providing professional business advisory services including strategic business reviews, large-scale infrastructure investment programs and strategic performance improvement initiatives.

SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE: Jacinda Ardern – transformed the perception of leading with empathy.
BEST ADVICE: Life is a juggle, so keep your eye on your crystal balls (health, family, essence of you) and bounce other balls when you need to.
TOUGHEST CHALLENGE: Being a new CEO with a new team at the start of a pandemic which threw all our work up in the air.