Chair
Peter Mogan
For 44 years, Peter Mogan served as a lawyer, businessman and mediator in B.C. and Ontario. He has worked closely with his business clients as a strategic advisor bringing a practical, entrepreneurial approach, combined with a very relational style. Peter is known as a leading mid-market M&A legal advisor in British Columbia. He has also advised dozens of companies on employee ownership. He is a frequent speaker, moderator and writer on M&A, private equity and employee ownership topics.
In 2021, Peter transitioned to full-time board work. In addition to chairing the Mission Group Board, Peter chairs three other boards and serves as a director for four other BC companies as well as two not-for-profits. Peter chairs a MacKay CEO Forum Group. He is deeply involved as Vice-Chair of Food for the Hungry, a global relief and development NGO with a vision to see justice for the oppressed and the end of systemic poverty.
Skiing, cycling, movies and reading round out Peter’s primary interests.
Directors
Gerald Heinrichs
Gerald has over 30 years of experience in the real estate development industry. He is the owner and operating force behind Heinrichs Developments in the Fraser Valley. Gerald was Managing Partner & Director of Acquisitions at Mission Group. During his tenure, he held various leadership positions, identified strategic opportunities and provided land acquisition leadership across all the subsidiary companies of Mission Group.
Gerald was President of MGC Construction and can count among his many career accomplishments dozens of highly successful large-scale commercial developments and a similar number of residential communities located in the Lower Mainland and in the Interior.
Founders
Jonathan Friesen
Jonathan was raised in a small Japanese coastal town along the Sea of Japan during the rapid economic growth of the 1960s. He attended boarding school in Tokyo in the 70s and University in Los Angeles in the 80s. Together with his family, he settled in Vancouver and began a career in property development. Jonathan has also held advisory roles with developments in Japan and the south seas.
Jonathan is a co-founder of Mission Group Enterprises Ltd. where he currently serves as Chief Executive Officer. With a diverse perspective gained by his global experience, he has learned that success is a process which is best navigated not by fitting in, but by being different.
Jonathan currently serves on several boards and holds an ICD.D designation. In his free time, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his family, cycling and traveling.
Randall Shier
Randall has been engaged in the real estate development industry for the last 40 years. Prior to joining Mission Group as a partner in 2004, he was a leader in several prominent Vancouver development companies. Randall earned a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California. After graduation in 1982, he moved to Vancouver and three years later he became a registered architect. In 1986, he left architecture and began his development career.
Randall is the Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus of Mission Group. Though now retired, he remains a valued presence, offering strategic insight drawn from years of leadership. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, skiing, oil painting, and traveling.
