Gilles Assier

Gilles recently retired from his last senior management position, where he was responsible for the construction of the $6-billion SkyTrain Surrey–Langley project, which will transform the region south of the Fraser River.​
Throughout his career, Gilles led large-scale projects aimed at improving the way people work, travel, and communicate, as well as the movement of goods, while contributing to the restoration of local wildlife ecosystems.​
Before joining Transportation Investment Corporation, Gilles worked in the high-tech sector (systems automation, telecommunications, etc.), and then at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, where he led strategic planning, supply chain improvement, environmental permitting, and physical infrastructure.​
Gilles Assier holds an electrical engineering degree and a master's in management obtained in France. He has served as co-chair of a PAC, member of Richmond's economic advisory committee, and director of the Steveston cannery historical society.​
Gilles and his wife Bonnie live in Steveston, where they fully enjoy the natural spaces the province has to offer. Their two adult children attended the Conseil scolaire francophone.