Full Name
Eric Visser
Job Title
Managing Director, Commercial Real Estate and Climate Finance
Company
Vancity Community Investment Bank
Speaker Bio
Eric is the Managing Director of Climate Finance and Commercial Real Estate at Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB), a subsidiary of Vancity Credit Union, a Certified B Corp, and a Canadian bank with a focus on financing organizations and projects that drive positive change.

In this role, Eric leads the bank’s impact real estate and climate finance strategies — facilitating financing for cleantech projects and emerging climate solutions, while also supporting community and impact-focused real estate projects like affordable housing, green buildings, housing co-operatives, and spaces for arts and culture.

With over a decade of experience in commercial real estate, Eric has held numerous leadership roles at VCIB, including as Director of Commercial Real Estate, where he led a team of impact real estate experts to arrange debt financing for projects driving positive social and environmental change.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. In his spare time, Eric serves on the Board of the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts.
Eric Visser