District of Oak Bay
News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2019

Oak Bay Director of Strategic Initiatives

Oak Bay Chief Administrative Officer Lou Varela announced today that Ms. Signe Bagh will be joining the District of Oak Bay as the Director of Strategic Initiatives effective August 26, 2019. “We are thrilled to have Ms. Bagh join our Oak Bay Team”, said Ms. Varela. “She brings a wealth of experience and expertise and will be a great addition to Oak Bay.” “While I will miss my friends and colleagues at the Capital Regional District I am looking very forward to joining Oak Bay and assisting with the many interesting and exciting initiatives underway and to come,” said Ms. Bagh.

Ms. Bagh has extensive local government experience having worked with the City of Kelowna as the Director of Policy Planning/Infrastructure and most recently as the Senior Manager – Regional Strategic Planning for the Capital Regional District. She holds a Master’s Degree in Community and Regional Planning.

The Director of Strategic Initiatives position was created through the realignment of existing staff positions and responsibilities - there is no resulting increase in Municipal staffing levels. 

For media enquiries, please call:

Warren Jones, Director of Corporate Services
District of Oak Bay
778-678-6534
wjones@oakbay.ca