Jeff Merrick is chair of Blakes’ infrastructure group and head of the firm’s Vancouver real estate group. He has substantial expertise in developing, buying, selling, leasing and financing major commercial real estate and infrastructure projects. Merrick is a board director of the Arts Umbrella Association and the Arts Umbrella Foundation.

HOMETOWN: Nuneaton, U.K.
BUCKET LIST: Visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums.
CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB: Lawyer.
RECOMMENDED READING: Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon, and the Things That Last by Wright Thompson.