Ray Pickup named Giant in Our City

The Salt Lake Chamber has named Ray Pickup, CEO and director of WCF Insurance, as recipient of its 43rd Giant in Our City award. The annual award recognizes those with exceptional and distinguished service, as well as extraordinary professional achievement, the chamber said.

“There are many individuals in our community who time and again step up to support the greater community, and within this select group Ray Pickup is first among equals,” said Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance, in announcing the award. “Whether he is donating time at the local food bank or raising funds for a grant program, Ray and WCF Insurance are among the first to lend a helping hand and say, ‘What can I do to help?’ This is at the heart of Ray’s very nature, recognized by everyone who knows him, and I would be one of the first to say our community owes him a debt of gratitude. We are delighted to be able to recognize him as a Giant in Our City.”

Pickup joined WCF in 1993 as chief financial officer, became chief operating officer in 2006 and president and CEO in 2008. Prior to WCF, Pickup was vice president of finance at First Health Strategies and a senior audit manager for Ernst & Young. He is active in the community and serves on several boards, including the Salt Lake Chamber board of directors, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah board of trustees as the Audit Committee chair, the Junior Achievement of Utah advisory board and the University of Utah Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute advisory board. He is also a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation Air Ambulance and Patient Advisory Committee as a representative of the workers’ compensation insurance industry. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

“I am overwhelmed and honored to receive this recognition,” said Pickup. “I’m grateful to live in the great state of Utah and to associate with all of the amazing people who make Utah a great place to live and do business. I especially appreciate the Salt Lake Chamber for the outstanding work they do in representing Utah business.”

The award will be presented at the 2022 Giant in Our City celebration May 19 at the Grand America Hotel.