Hydro exec appointed to UVic board

Van Ruyven

The Board of Governors of the University of Victoria is pleased to announce the appointment of Bev Van Ruyven as one of its members. Van Ruyven is the executive vice-president, customer care and conservation of BC Hydro. She joined the company in 1997 as manager of key accounts and was promoted to progressively more senior management positions. Van Ruyven is past chair of the Western Energy Institute and serves on the boards of Accenture Business Services for Utilities, Fraser Basin Council and Vancouver Board of Trade Women’s Leadership Circle.

In November 2009, she was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women—Top 100. Van Ruyven holds a BA from UVic and completed the Executive Management Program at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She is one of the UVic Alumni Association’s two nominees to the board of governors. Her two-year appointment began July 31, 2009.