As Chairman/CEO, Louie leads London Drugs charity committee, which oversees the Wholesale ompany's corporate cont
ibutions to health and wellness organizations, medical research, education and the arts.
Louie received an Honorary Doctorate from Simon Fraser University and has been a member of the university's board of governors for the past five years. He became SFU's ninth Chancellor on 1 June 2005.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Louie received his BComm from University of British Columbia and became a chartered accountant three years later. He serves on several boards of companies and non-profit organizations, including the Royal Bank of Canada, the Duke University Medical Centre and the Neuroscience Canada Foundation.
He serves on several boards, including the World Economic Forum, the Vancouver Board of Trade (Chairman 1996-1997), the British Columbia Business Council, Simon Fraser University, Duke University, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Canfor Corporation, the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Food Marketing Institute.
In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia.