Perminder Chohan has called Newton home for more than 34 years. It is where he raised his two
children and where he is now a grandfather. As President and CEO of Lifewise Financial Group Inc., he
spent over two decades building a network of companies that today support hundreds of
representatives and their families across Canada. He is the founding Director of the Perminder Chohan
Foundation, a past Director of the Surrey Board of Trade, a Director of the South Asian Business
Association, a board member of the South Asian Health Fund, and a past President-Elect of the Surrey
Newton Rotary Club. His foundation funds endowment scholarships for students in Kwantlen
Polytechnic University's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. Perminder is a recipient of the Excellence
in Business Leadership Award from The Times of Canada, a best-selling author, and an Emmy-winning
producer. He is running for council as a neighbour and mentor, not a career politician, because Surrey
deserves leadership that understands its people and their day-to-day costs.