George attended Saints from 1967-71 as a boarder. During his time at Saints he played on the Rugby (1st XV), Basketball (Captain), and Track & Field teams. He was the recipient of the Sims Trophy in 1971 and played for the Georgians Rugby Club while attending UBC, graduating in 1976 with a BASc in Chemical Engineering. After attending graduate school in the UK he worked in the refining and petrochemical sectors, travelling extensively in the Far East, Europe, and former Soviet Union. His final real job was as Vice-President and General Manager for a large engineering company in the Middle East; he lived for 7 years in Saudi Arabia. George ‘retired’ in 2000 and moved to the Bordeaux region of France with his family, where he lived for eight years getting involved in various start-up companies. Currently George lives in England where his activities include golf, sailing, and skiing. An avid collector of Canadian and West Coast native art, George and his brother Andrew ‘70, recently donated a number of historical pieces from the Sampson Matthews collection to the school.

George has been a member the St. George’s Foundation Board for a number of years and sits on the UBC Chemical/ Biological Engineering Industry Advisory Council. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Allied Bioscience (Canada), a start-up company that has developed a long-lasting anti-microbial surface coating used to reduce secondary infections in hospitals; and also on the advisory boards of SG Biofuels, a developer of renewable biofuels in Latin & South America; Saltspring Air, a local float plane company; and Sharpes Bay Development Company, a real estate project north of Lund, BC.

Married to Barbara (Hislop) his three sons, David ‘09, Riley ‘10 and Gavin ‘13, also attended Saints.