Lydia Ting
Lydia was born and raised in Hong Kong, and moved to Melbourne, Australia to finish her high school education at Camberwell Girls’ Grammar School. She then attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law.
After returning to Hong Kong, she began her career at HSBC (then known as Hong Kong Bank) as a management trainee. Her work included retail branch operation, credit card sales and marketing, traveler’s cheques sales and operations, marketing planning and launching of new credit products in worldwide subsidiaries. When she left after 8 years with the Bank, she was the VP Marketing of Hong Kong Bank International Trustee Corporation Limited.
In 1995, she moved to Vancouver with her husband Roger and started her second career as a mother. She has two children, one of whom joined 525 Pathfinder when he turned 12. Lydia became involved with the SSC and worked as a Chair for 5 years. When her son aged out, she started working as a LR for BCPC.
She is currently the representative for the Royal Conservatory of Music, managing and supervising practical and written music examinations for the Conservatory in its North Vancouver Centre.
Lydia is now the Greater Vancouver Wing Chair, with 8 squadrons under her Wing. She is also the 1st Vice President and BCPC Director for the current training year.