Noor Esmail is a healthcare infrastructure executive and strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience leading the planning, design, procurement, construction, and operational transition of complex healthcare capital projects. As Senior Principal with Stantec’s Buildings practice, he focuses on healthcare sector growth and strategic client engagement, working with healthcare organizations, governments, and institutional clients on major capital, infrastructure, and transformation initiatives across Canada.
Prior to joining Stantec, Noor held senior owner-side leadership roles with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Fraser Health Authority (FHA), including Executive Director and Chief Project Officer responsibilities for some of British Columbia’s largest healthcare capital planning and redevelopment initiatives. He has directed multi-billion-dollar acute care, cancer care, community health, and long-term care redevelopment programs, including Burnaby, Lions Gate, and Richmond hospitals, spanning planning, approvals, procurement, construction, operational readiness, activation, and transition to operations. He also led Canada’s first non-competitive healthcare alliance project, helping advance collaborative delivery approaches within the Canadian healthcare sector. His experience includes government approvals, funding processes, procurement strategy, stakeholder engagement, and capital program governance.
Earlier in his career, Noor led healthcare, education, and hospitality infrastructure initiatives with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) across Africa and West, South, and Central Asia, overseeing the planning and delivery of complex programs in diverse geographic, cultural, and regulatory environments.
Trained as an architect and educated in physiology and architecture at McGill University, Noor brings experience spanning architectural practice, project management, healthcare operations, executive leadership, international development, consulting, and governance. This breadth of experience enables him to work across clinical, operational, infrastructure, and capital planning perspectives.
In addition to his role with Stantec, Noor currently serves as a Governor of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), contributing to the governance and strategic oversight of one of Canada’s leading post-secondary institutions.