Full Name
Ajay Patel
Job Title
President & CEO
Company/Organization/Institution
Vancouver Community College
Bio
AJAY PATEL
President & CEO

Ajay Patel was confirmed as president of Vancouver Community College (VCC) on January 24, 2020. He first joined VCC in May 2019 as Vice-President, Enterprise and International Development, and entered the role of interim president in September 2019.
Ajay also serves as the Board Chair, for the Canadian Bureau for International Education and was honoured with the BC Council for International Education Distinguished Leadership Award in 2019. He serves on the College and Institutes of Canada’s International Advisory Committee and the Creative Technology Education Committee for DigiBC. Ajay has also received numerous other awards including the City of Vancouver Parks and Recreation’s Volunteer of the Year and the Sport BC President’s Award.
At VCC, one of Ajay’s priorities will be to implement the Campus Master Plan, a capital project designed to guide VCC’s development over the next 10 years.
Ajay earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Human Kinetics from the University of British Columbia.
Ajay Patel