Keerit Jutla is a lawyer, business leader, and community advocate with a career spent negotiating with governments, building companies, and forming partnerships with Indigenous communities across Canada. He is the CEO and Founder of Invicta Metals Corp., built on consent-first partnerships with First Nations, and previously served as President and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration and in senior roles with the Government of British Columbia. Called to the bars of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Yukon, he practised Aboriginal and regulatory law at Woodward and Company and JFK Law, and holds a JD, an MBA in Energy and Natural Resources, and a Master’s degree in Political Science.

Keerit is running for City Council to bring that same experience, negotiating with power and building consent-based partnerships, directly to the people of Vancouver. He believes decisions about this city should be made in the open, not behind closed doors, and that growth should happen for residents, not to them.

Outside of work, Keerit is a soccer nut. He’s a season ticket holder for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Vancouver Rise FC. He’s also the proud dog dad to his princess of a pup, Rio the Jindo.