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STAR POWER
Jeff Starnaman is steering London Drugs
out of choppy pandemic waters
V
ice president of supply
chain management and
merchandising systems
Jef f St a r na ma n c a l l s
London Drugs a "fam-
ily company," as both an
inspiration and a warning. Run by the Louie
family since the late '90s, the Richmond-
based retailer has 79 physical stores across
Western Canada—a majority of which are in
B.C.—and 9,500 staff on board. Starnaman
has been with the company since 2014, and
in his experience, everyone there "really
cares about one another, but they're also
maybe a little nosy with one another."
Which means that, as an executive, the
high expectations that come from the job
also come with the assurance that if his car
broke down, leaving him stranded on the
side of the highway at 3 a.m., his coworkers
IN DEMAND
Being head of supply
chain management
at London Drugs
has its challenges,
but Jeff Starnaman
keeps things moving
