Langley Chamber's CEO named Canada's chamber executive of the year
Cory Redekop, CEO of the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce, has been named Canada's 2026 Chamber Executive of the Year for chambers with more than 700 members, the third award for the chamber's work this year.
The person who runs Langley’s main business association is now the country’s top-rated chamber executive in his size class.
Cory Redekop, CEO of the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce, was named Canada’s 2026 Chamber Executive of the Year for large chambers by the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Canada. The category covers chambers and boards of trade with more than 700 members. The award was handed out at the national executives’ conference in Victoria, and the Langley Advance Times reports Redekop also received the Diamond Distinction of the Accredited Chamber Executive designation, held by six people in Canada.
The judges look at how a chamber is run, how its membership grows and gets involved, its programs, its community leadership and what it gives back to the wider chamber network.
A year of awards, in order
- June 3: Redekop wins the Gerry Frederick Memorial Executive of the Year Award from the Chamber of Commerce Executives of British Columbia, presented at the BC Chamber’s AGM in Fort St. John.
- October: the national award, in Victoria.
- November 5: the Fraser Valley Business Coalition, which Langley’s chamber founded in 2024 with the Abbotsford and Mission chambers, wins the Nation Builder category at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Future Builder Competition. The coalition speaks for about 2,500 businesses on regional issues such as transportation, housing and workforce.
What’s changed at the chamber
Redekop became CEO in 2022. Since then, according to the Advance Times, membership has grown from about 900 businesses, non-profits and other organisations to more than 1,250. The chamber has added the Langley Next Gen Business Network and the Langley Asia Pacific Business Network, and its Langley Women’s Business Network has passed 1,600 participants.
“The growth and success of the Langley Chamber has very much been a collective effort,” Redekop told the paper.
The chamber also runs the annual Langley Business Excellence Awards; this year’s winners are here. Its office address, phone, membership details and events calendar are on our Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce page, with the full staff list beside it.