Yale is Chief Financial Officer pro tem at the University of British Columbia.  In this role he has overall responsibility for all financial functions and oversight over Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Operations (Payroll, the Integrated Service Centre and Procurement), the Financial Transformation Office, and the Enterprise Risk & Assurance Offices.

Yale also oversees UBC’s $3.0 billion endowment, and led the development of UBC’s responsible investing framework, which includes a commitment to divest of fossil fuel investments and achieve a 45% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, together with the publication of UBC’s first Task Force for Climate Related Financial Disclosure report.

Yale has over 30 years of capital markets and corporate experience. He joined UBC from Aritzia, where he served as Treasurer and previously held progressively senior roles with Finning International, Capital Power Corporation, and BC Hydro.

Yale is an active member of the community and was previously a member of the Blueshore Financial Board of Directors, the Finance Committee at West Point Grey academy, on the Board at Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, a member of the United Way of Lower Mainland cabinet, and a coach with various community youth sports teams.

Yale is a commerce graduate from UBC and earned his Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Yale also holds his Institute of Corporate Directors, Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Professional Accountant designations.