Peter J. G. Bentley is chairman emeritus of Canfor Corporation and a director of its principal subsidiary, Canadian Forest Products Ltd. He is a director of Canfor Pulp Products Inc. and chair of Sierra Mountain Minerals Inc. From 2004 to 2007, he was chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia, and he has received honorary degrees from UNBC and UBC. He currently serves on the boards of the Vancouver Police Foundation, the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation and the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, among others. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.