Bryan Cox has been appointed president and CEO of the BC LNG Alliance (BCLNGA). He will begin his new role mid-February, taking over from David Keane, who tendered his resignation in August 2018.

Cox currently holds the position of president and CEO at the Mining Association of BC (MABC), having joined the MABC in 2014 as vice-president of corporate affairs. Previously, he held the role of vice-president, Western Canada for Canada’s National Brewers following leading public affairs in Western Canada for Molson.

Cox began his career in Victoria, working for the ministries of health and education for the B.C. government.

“We are very pleased Bryan has joined the BC LNG Alliance as president and CEO,” said Rod Maier, board chair of the BCLNGA and vice president policy, government and public affairs for Chevron Canada Limited.

“He has demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout his career and his recent experience leading the MABC makes him extremely qualified for this position to lead the BCLNGA into a new chapter as a leading industry in B.C. and Canada.”

The BCLNGA is the voice of the LNG industry in B.C., representing the province’s leading LNG projects with the purpose of fostering the growth of a safe, inclusive, environmentally responsible, and globally competitive LNG industry in Canada.

“I look forward to engaging with Canadians about this exciting industry and the opportunity we have to build a safe, inclusive, environmentally responsible, and globally competitive LNG industry,” wrote Cox in a post on LinkedIn.