Meet Your Driver — Derek

36+ Years Behind the Wheel

Derek has 36+ years of driving experience across Canada, the USA, Europe, and the Philippines.

From Canadian winters to tropical storms, mountain roads, flash floods, and dense fog, that experience has covered an unusually wide range of driving conditions.

When road and weather conditions become challenging, experience matters.

Professional Driving Experience

Derek’s driving career began at a young age and eventually led to professional rideshare driving in North America.

Founding Lyft Driver — Toronto, 2017
Lyft Driver of the Year — Toronto, 2018
Founding Lyft Driver — Vancouver, 2020
First Canadian selected for Lyft’s All-American Driver Advisory Council (DAC) 3.0
8,000+ Lyft rides

After moving to the Philippines in 2022, Derek began driving professionally with GrabCar in 2025, completing 600 trips in Pampanga in just six weeks.

His driving services have received 5-star ratings across Lyft, Grab, Google, and GetTransfer.com.

Experience in Philippine Conditions

Philippine roads and weather can present very different challenges from those found in North America and Europe.

Derek has navigated washed-out mountain roads, flash flooding in Manila, and dense mountain fog on trips to Baguio.

A passenger once described being “amazed at his driving ability and navigational skills.”

Trusted by International Travelers

Derek regularly drives travelers from Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, and the Philippines.

He understands the expectations of international travelers while also knowing the roads, routes, and conditions throughout Central and Northern Luzon.