08/05/2026
🌿 Meet the Team – Jonathan Lok, RFT, Board Member, 'Na̱mg̱is Business Development Corp. | CEO, Atli Resources
Jon Lok, Atli Resources CEO, serves as a Director on the NBDC Board, bringing his forestry sector and board governance expertise directly to the organization.
Jon has lived in Port McNeill for nearly 40 years and began his forestry career on Northern Vancouver Island with companies like Canfor, TimberWest, Weyerhaeuser and Canadian Air Crane, and went on to co-found Strategic Natural Resource Consultants, one of the larger resource management consultancies in BC, where he served as Managing Director, responsible for setting strategy, growing culture, and building a world-class team. The firm was named one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada.
Jon studied at SFU, BCIT and UBC Sauder School of Business, and has been recognized as ABCFP's Forest Technologist of the Year, received the CIF's James Kitz Award, and was named one of Canada's Top 20 Under 40 in the forest sector by Canadian Forest Industries Magazine.
He has served as President of the Consulting Foresters of BC, the Association of BC Forest Professionals, the Canadian Institute of Forestry, and the North Island Community Forest, expertise he now brings straight to NBDC's forestry and industrial businesses.
NBDC is grateful for Jon's leadership and industry expertise across the organization.
Learn more about NBDC and the rest of our team and subsidiaries at: www.NBDC.ca