Parm Hari
Parm Hari joined the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority as vice president, people, process and performance in 2021. She is responsible for human resources, internal communications, facilities and administration, events and experience, and the business transformation office. Parm also oversees guest experience at Canada Place, which is owned and operated by the port authority.
In her role, Parm leads a variety of initiatives to enable data, people, processes, and systems to drive organizational wide excellence and continuous improvement. Under her direction, the organization has expanded to leverage enterprise-level data analytics to inform decision making, and better align projects to improve overall business performance. From a human resources perspective, she is focused on growing and enhancing the organization’s strategic HR practices in order to attract, retain, recognize and develop exceptional talent. Through her work with Canada Place, Parm supports external events and guest experiences at Vancouver’s iconic landmark, venue, and cruise terminal.
Prior to joining the port authority’s executive team, Parm was executive director, people and culture at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH), where she served as the people strategy lead in B.C. for the largest-ever vaccination campaign in history. Before her time at VCH, Parm was vice president of global strategy for Pierre Fabre Group, a French multinational, where she transformed a key subsidiary from a US-market only brand to an international player in 10 countries.
Parm currently serves as a special advisor to the HR committee with the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. She is also a faculty advisory board member with UCB Sauder School of Business.
Parm holds a master of business administration degree in strategy and consulting, and a bachelor of commerce degree, both from the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business. As a champion of life-long learning, she recently completed board governance and compensation committees programs through Harvard Business School and attended the Cambridge Academy of Transport. She also holds certifications in executive and organizational coaching, advanced change management, project management, process improvement, leadership, and organizational development.