Robin Dhir has quintupled Twin Brook Developments’ annual project volume in the six years since he joined his father and became president of the family firm.
Six years ago, the company developed the 30-unit Twin Brook Estates project in Maple Ridge. Last year, the company was involved in a 150-unit project in India’s Punjab region, as well as a highrise residential project outside New Delhi.
“We’ve diversified from detached homes to multi-family developments and we’ve also expanded geographically,” said Dhir.
Outside his day job, Dhir is a director of Canada Place Corp., an active member of the Indus Entrepreneurs and the co-chair and founder of the annual A Night of Miracles gala dinner for the BC Children’s Hospital.
“It came about partly through frustration at the way South Asians are portrayed [in news headlines],” he said. “Now, it is the only black-tie gala in the South Asian community.”
Dhir has been active in his community since he was a student at SFU, where he was elected as a student senator in the early 1990s.
He advises organizers of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, is co-chair of the India Club’s CareerFest and is a founder and director of Genuine 5 – a group of business people who put on events that help fund children’s charities.
He joined Gillette Co.’s Duracell division after university. While there, he achieved top ranking among 13 sales reps in Western Canada.
Kodak Canada Inc. recruited him in 2000 to work in business development and he stayed there, as senior business development manager, until 2005.
“I’ve been headhunted at every job I’ve had.” •
