Michael Audain, OBC, OC, is chair of the Audain Foundation, the Audain Art Museum Foundation and the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation. He is a director of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation and a governor of the Business Council of British Columbia. Audain established Polygon Homes Ltd., one of B.C.’s leading homebuilders.

NON-PROFIT CAUSE: Art museums across Canada.
PET PEEVE: Men who wear white shoes with a suit.
BEST ADVICE: Excellence is in the details.
TOUGHEST CHALLENGE: The 1990s leaky condo crisis.
GOAL FOR 2022: Finish writing a book about my art collection.