EDWARD R. RENWICK

Vice President

Edward R. Renwick was appointed to the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners by the mayor of Los Angeles and confirmed by Los Angeles City Council on November 19, 2013. He was elected vice president of the Harbor Commission on October 8, 2019. Renwick serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee of the Port of Los Angeles. He also serves as a member of the Board and Audit Committee chair of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority.

 

Renwick currently serves as executive director, strategy at Harbor Freight Tools. Prior to his current position, Renwick founded, served as chief executive officer and later sold Raineth Holdings—at the time one of the nation’s largest owners and lessors of affordable, single-family houses—after growing the business from zero to 1,700+ houses. Prior to Raineth, Renwick was a partner for 17 years at The Yucaipa Companies, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm. Prior to joining Yucaipa, Renwick consulted for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he was responsible for providing strategic and operational assistance to Fortune 500 companies. Renwick also served as senior vice president of strategy and business development at the Chongqing Wanli Storage Battery Company in China, and worked as an analyst in the real estate investment banking division of Goldman Sachs.

 

Renwick has served as a director of Current TV, a U.S. cable network; Delltrade, an international jewelry brand and retailer; Riviera Broadcasting, a U.S. radio broadcaster and EasyBill, a transaction processor in India. He also has lectured about business strategy at Stanford University and UCLA.

 

Renwick is a member of the Bel Air and the Southland Chapters of Young Presidents’ Organization. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. and M.P.P. from Harvard University. He is a member of the California Bar Association (inactive), and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three daughters.