Zulie Sachedina

Zulie Sachedina is responsible for overseeing the legal, risk, privacy, patient care quality and technology development offices at PHSA. 

Zulie has devoted more than 30 years to public service as a leader, lawyer and human rights advocate. She acquired her master’s in health administration and her law degree from the University of Toronto and her LL.M in Global Health Law and Governance from Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She is a senior fellow and adjunct Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. As corporate secretary, Zulie supports the Board of Directors of PHSA, the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission and the BC Emergency Health Services Commission in fulfilling their governance responsibilities. Zulie is an active community volunteer and recently completed a six-year term as a Governor of the Law Foundation of British Columbia, an organization with the legislative mandate to fund access to justice initiatives, support law reform and public legal education. As the former Chair of the Ismaili International Conciliation and Arbitration Board, she led this global dispute resolution organization, which provides mediation services in 20 jurisdictions across the world.