Erwin Malzer

Board Chair, Interior Health

Erwin Malzer is Board Chair of the Interior Health Authority of BC. He is dedicated to the meaningful transformation of the healthcare delivery system in pursuit of improved patient care and overall system sustainability. Mr. Malzer is in his 10th year serving the IH Board of Directors and formerly Chaired the Audit & Finance and Governance Committees. He is a career management consultant and has consulted to the healthcare industry across Canada on a wide variety of mandates and technology implementations. He has mentored senior executive healthcare leaders, advised on organizational design and corporate structure, and contributed to organizational renewal and performance improvement.

Previously based in Vancouver, he had major executive account and regional business responsibilities for Western Canada as a Consulting Partner first with PwC Consulting and then with IBM . Prior to this he was Partner in Charge of the Manitoba consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand (Winnipeg) and the founding and managing partner of Malzer & Associates Ltd. He has chaired or been a director of numerous corporate, professional and community organizations throughout Canada. He serves on the Executive Board of the BC Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and has served as the national and provincial Board Chair of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants (CMC) and the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CAMC). Mr. Malzer has two business degrees and is a Certified Corporate Director (ICD.D) as well as a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and has been awarded the FCMC designation as a Fellow of the Institute.