| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Chase Barker |
General Counsel | Profile |
HBT is a not-for-profit health and welfare trust that provides group health and welfare benefits on behalf of participating employers for nearly 265,000 eligible employees, their eligible dependents, and beneficiaries employed in health care and social services in British Columbia. The primary benefits provided by HBT are Group Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Weekly Indemnity, Long Term Disability (LTD), Extended Health, and Dental. HBT ensures these benefits are administered in accordance with provisions and plan design negotiated by HEABC, CSSEA, and single-site collective agreements.
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
For over 40 years, Merit Kitchens has been providing homeowners, designers, and builders with fine cabinetry at an extraordinary value. All of our products are crafted from only the best raw materials and European hardware. Combining sturdy, traditional cabinetry construction with modern storage innovations, we manufacture and assemble our products in our state-of-the-art facility, pairing the precision of machines with the delicate touch of hand-finishing. Inspired both by traditional design and todays trends, Merit Kitchens prides itself on offering stylistic diversity, manufacturing excellence, environmentally-friendly choices, and shipping that is complete and on-time, all the time.
LJUNGSTRÖM is a historic company with over 100 years of expertise in advanced environmental solutions, focusing on heat recovery and emissions control. Founded in 1923 by Fredrik Ljungström, the company is known for inventing the worlds first air preheater, which significantly improved energy efficiency in power plants. Today, LJUNGSTRÖM is a global leader in industrial flue gas management technologies and custom-engineered assemblies. The company offers a range of products, including its flagship Ljungström air preheater, which enhances thermal efficiency in steam power plants by recovering waste heat from flue gases. Additionally, LJUNGSTRÖM provides gas-gas heaters that further improve plant efficiency and custom-engineered solutions for emissions control. Their services aim to optimize plant performance and reduce CO₂ emissions, contributing to sustainability in the energy and industrial sectors. LJUNGSTRÖM serves a diverse international customer base across more than 100 countries, focusing on power generation plants and industrial facilities. The company is committed to innovation, operational excellence, and environmental sustainability, aiming to lead the industry in energy efficiency and impact.