Name: Wesley Noppers (he/him/his)
Job Title: Business Consultant
Years of Service: 11 years
Worksite: Community Health & Services Centre
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Sylix
Advice to live by: Be a good person, surround yourself with good people, and good things will happen.
For Wesley, job fulfilment comes from knowing his work is contributing to the betterment of society versus simply contributing to the bottom line.
He has spent time working in private, non-profit, and public finance/accounting organizations, and is now a Business Consultant for Interior Health. Under the umbrella of IH’s financial services portfolio, Wesley’s role as Business Consultant is to support people and teams in IH with strategic planning, budget alignment and balancing, financial reporting and reviews, contributions to briefing notes, and other special projects as they arise.
After working with IH for more than 11 years, Wesley has many memorable experiences and proud moments, though the COVID-19 pandemic remains top of mind.
“During the COVID pandemic I have had the opportunity to work with new teams and individuals that I may never have been exposed to in the organization otherwise. It was amazing to experience everyone's passion, strength and resiliency in the face of such adversity, especially when fire season piled it on. It also provided me the opportunity to fully utilize my skill sets to assist in ensuring secure and equitable vaccine distribution, which has been one of the highlights of my career.”
An adventurer at heart, Wesley spends much of his personal time in the outdoors golfing, riding his 2009 Suzuki Gladius 650 motorcycle, ski-dooing, gardening and hiking.
Something you may not know about Wesley? He loves the bugs.
“I have an unhealthy obsession of playing with and photographing creepy crawlies like insects, arachnids and reptiles.”
When out-of-country travel normalizes, Wesley plans to explore more countries and cultures, and perhaps photograph some exotic bugs!
Wesley nominates Jodi Fayant, Regional Biological Inventory Coordinator, to keep We Are IH going:
“Throughout the Mass Immunization campaign, Jodi's ability to pivot and respond immediately to vaccine redistribution requests was second to none! Mix that with her humour and general gusto, she was instrumental in keeping things moving. Thanks Jodi!” -Wesley Noppers
