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James Ralston was appointed Comptroller General of Canada on October 3, 2009. The Comptroller General is responsible for government-wide direction and leadership for financial management, internal audit, federal assets and acquired services. The Comptroller General also supports capacity building and professional development in each of these areas.
Prior to becoming the Comptroller General, Mr. Ralston was Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), a position he accepted in 2004. Mr. Ralston joined the organization in 1999, first as Director General, Corporate Review Directorate, and then in 2002, as Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Agency Comptroller, leading the organization’s Modern Comptrollership Office.
Before his work at the CRA, Mr. Ralston spent 15 years with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) and throughout most of the period was a Principal responsible for financial and value-for-money audits of Revenue Canada. Prior to joining the OAG, Mr. Ralston worked for eight years in a national public accounting/consulting firm in Edmonton and Ottawa. He began his career with the Provincial Auditor of Alberta.
Mr. Ralston holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta, a Master of Arts (Economics) degree from the University of Ottawa, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Political Science) degree from Carleton University. Mr. Ralston is a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and Ontario.
Brian G. Brown, Chief Audit Executive, Canadian Grain Commission
Brian is currently serving the internal audit profession as Chair of the Institute of Internal Auditors' (IIA) Canadian Council. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Canadian representative on the IIA's global Board of Directors and North American Board (NAB) while also an ex officio member of the Canadian Council. In 2007-2008, he was also NAB Vice-Chair – Operations and Chairman of the Chapter Relations Committee of North America. He periodically instructs seminars as a Distinguished Faculty Member of The IIA's volunteer instructor program.
He has in recent years represented the internal auditing profession in various settings involving professional, regulatory, and government organizations. In 2005, he facilitated an Internal Audit Advisory Group for the Canadian Government's Treasury Board Secretariat, aimed at assisting the government with upgrading its internal auditing policies and functions. He has made numerous presentations to professional organizations, including The Directors' College and the Institute of Corporate Directors, and to the Universities of Manitoba and Winnipeg.
Brian also serves the community in various roles. He is currently Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance/Audit Committee for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection which operates Cybertip.ca, Childfind Manitoba, and Childfind Ontario. He has for many years been a member of the organizing committee for the annual Great Grain Relay, one of the longest running corporate/community events in Winnipeg (29th year in 2011). He also continues to coach a ladies indoor and outdoor soccer team with whom he has worked since they were 11 years old (most are now 22 years old). In 2004, Brian was presented with a Civic Appreciation Award by the City of Winnipeg for his volunteer community service.
Brian is a graduate with honours from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and holds the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designations.
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Mohammed Siddiqui is the Chief Enterprise Risk Management and Audit Officer for Hydro Ottawa Group of Companies. With over 25 years of risk management and internal audit experience, his career includes two years in consulting at Deloitte & Touche and Jefferson Wells, Toronto, and over 20 years in the aviation industry. Prior to coming to Canada, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Audit Officer of Emirates, Dubai’s fast growing aviation group. He now serves on the Audit Committee of a major global airline. A Chartered Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor, Mr. Siddiqui served on the Canadian Council of The Institute of Internal Auditors as the Chair of its Education Committee, and as a member of the Board and Certifications chair of the IIA Ottawa Chapter. A past President and founding member of The IIA in Dubai, he served on the IIA's Global Board of Directors in 2003, and he is the Canadian Council’s representative on the IIA's Global Value Proposition Task Force.
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Amanda Jane Preece is currently the Executive Director, Results-Based Management Division, Expenditure Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat. She has held positions as the Corporate Secretary, Canada Border Services Agency, and various executive level positions in both policy and program delivery at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. She has also served as the Federal Public Servant in Residence at Dalhousie University for two years. AJ’s career in the public service has been focused on results, performance, reporting, and citizen-centric service delivery.
Michael Albert is the Director of Corporate Planning at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Prior to joining the Commission he has held position with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, Parks Canada and the National Research Council where he started his career in the Public Service. Mr. Albert has experience in program sectors as well as in corporate branches and has worked in regional offices across Canada giving him perspective on opportunities and challenges of managing in the diverse environment of Government. Before joining Government he worked as a Research Assistant with the University of Toronto and the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre at the University of Ottawa.
Michael Albert, Director, Corporate Planning Division, Canadian Nuclear Safety
Born and raised in Sudbury Ontario, Mr. Albert is a graduate of Laurentian University and now lives in Kanata.
Glenn Ng, Senior Advisor, Risk Management, Immigration and Refugee Board
Glenn Ng is Senior Advisor, Management Practices at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), Canada's largest administrative tribunal, where he is responsible for the promotion of risk management. Glenn joined the IRB in 1999 and specializes in risk management, performance measurement and results-based management in administrative tribunal and small agency settings. Glenn holds a bachelor and a master of arts in political science.
Michele Bridges, Managing Director, Finance and Corporate Planning, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Michele Bridges was appointed Managing Director of Finance and Corporate Planning, in April 2007.
In this role, she is responsible for leading the strategic, business and financial planning processes; maintaining the performance measurement framework; developing and implementing strategies, plans and policies in the functional areas of Finance, Procurement and Contracting; and providing high quality, responsive and cost effective financial services to management, staff and regulated industries.
Michele joined OSFI, as Director of Finance in November 2002. Previously, Michele was a Finance Advisor at Nortel Networks and the Controller for the Pacific Rim Operations of Cognos Inc.
Since September 2006, Michele has co-chaired the Small Agencies Finance Action Group (SAFAG). She also co-chaired the FreeBalance focus group management committee from April 2005 to April 2007.
Michele is a Certified General Accountant. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Windsor, and a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Computer Science) from McGill University.
Marc-André Audette, Director, Continuous Auditing and Monitoring, and Special Examination, Chief Audit Executive Office, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Since September 2010, Marc-André Audette is the Director, Continuous Auditing and Monitoring, and Special Examination, in the Chief Audit Executive Office at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. His current responsibilities are to establish a department-wide continuous auditing/monitoring startegy in the department, to implement and maintain a process to support an overall assurance on fundamental controls around governance, risk management and control and to direct special examinations and forensics audits.
Before this position, Marc-André Audette was the Director of Audit Readiness in the Chief Financial Officer Branch at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Also, he was the Director of the Internal Control Division, Chief Financial Officer Branch in the Health Canada. His responsibilities were to implement the Policy on Internal Control and the Readiness initiative in Health Canada that are in line with the Financial Administration Act and Policy Renewal initiative of the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada.
Previously, Mr. Audette was in Social Development Canada where he worked in the Financial Comptroller Office, Internal Audit Directorate and Accounting Operations Directorate. He also, worked in Natural Resources Canada, as Financial Portfolio Manager. Mr. Audette started is career in federal government at Public Works Governmental Services Canada during the Financial Information Strategy implementation initiative.
Before his federal career, Mr. Audette worked in a Chartered Accountant firm and in the private sector.
Mr. Audette was born in Montréal. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He attended the University du Québec en Outaouais where he received his Bachelor of Administration (Accounting). After graduation, he earned a diploma in management accounting and a Master's Degree in Project Management. He is also a graduate of the DIREXION program of the Canada School of Public Service.
Ian Raskin, Manager, Policy, Training and Monitoring, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Vincent Gilbert, Manager, Policies and Accounting Architecture, Public Service Commission
A graduate of Dalhousie University and a Certified Management Accountant, Vince enjoys quiet mornings with Excel and long walks on the beach with internal control frameworks. Jokes aside, his current favourite pass-times include spending time on the lake fishing and lounging with his wife, and learning how to do renovations on their home.
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Doug Lloyd is the financial system authority for the government of Canada. He is responsible for developing and setting financial business processes for the government, as well as establishing policies on the stewardship of financial management systems (both automated and manual). His team is also responsible for a community building and capacity development regime for finance personnel in the government, as well as operating a centre of expertise for aspects of finance.
Prior to this, Doug was on exchange from the private sector and was responsible for managing and troubleshooting major crown projects for Treasury Board Secretariat, Public Works and Government Services Canada and Human Resources Development Canada. He won two distinction awards from the industry for project management at this time.
From 1983, when he left the military, until 2005, Doug was the President and CEO of a private sector niche management consulting company offering strategic advice, major crown project management, and international consulting. The company enjoyed steady year-over-year growth in revenues, profits and employees.
Doug is also the trustee for the Bay Ward in Ottawa Carleton representing his constituents on the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (7,000 employees and $¾ Billion dollar budget), where he is the chair of the HR Committee, and Audit Committee. He is also the President and Chair of the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority, the provincial Crown Corporation responsible for all yellow school buses in Ottawa-Carleton.
Doug has an MBA from the University of Ottawa with a concentration in Finance and Accounting, has recently completed his CMA and is CMC and PMP certified. Doug is in process of completing his PhD in Public Administration specialising in building high performing teams using intergenerational techniques. A subject he lectures on frequently to universities, colleges and professional associations.
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Mark Huard graduated from the Laval University (Québec City, Canada) in 1981 and is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) of Canada. Mark has more than 28 years of services in the Canadian Federal Government and has held many positions, in multiple departments and agencies. He currently holds the position of Director, Financial Business Processes and Renewal at the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada. Mark has also devoted many years of voluntary work with the Financial Management Institute of Canada and was the National President for 2007-2008.
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Katie Hammoud is a graduate of both Carleton University and Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario. As well, she has an Associate’s Certification in Project Management from George Washington University. With a combination of private sector finance, marketing, sales and over ten years of public sector financial, information technology and project management experience, Katie has enabled government-wide policy development, managed strategic and tactical projects to provided enterprise leadership in the areas of finance and information technology.
Katie's career has focused primarily on project management and building effective client relationships and communities. Her wealth of expertise includes private sector sales and marketing, public sector policy development, strategic and operational planning, internal audit, interdepartmental and international collaboration, and management oversight of major multi-million dollar projects within several departments across the Government of Canada (GC).
Katie provides commitment to professionalism through ethical practice, accountability, dedication and transparency. She demonstrates, in her work, alignment to strategic business goals, stakeholders and partners, innovation and assessment of ever-advancing technology. She recognizes that people are essential to delivering capability and capacity for effective program and service management in the public sector.
Katie is multifaceted in her competencies. She is a charismatic communicator with both business and technical skills. She supports others, personally and professionally, through her actions and commitment to the positive work environment she contributes to.
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Joseph Albert is educated in IT (Ottawa University, Nova Scotia Community College). He was formerly the CFO of an international brokering company based on the East coast of Canada, specializing in the trade of commodities both domestically and abroad. He is currently working as the Senior Director of the Community Outreach and Expertise function of the Financial System Authority, within the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada. In previous positions, Joe has specialized in Strategic Planning, Client engagement, and development of outreach activities.
Prior to entering the government, Mr. Albert ran a niche management consulting firm.
Coleen Volk, Executive Director, Administrative Services Review, Privy Council Office
Coleen Volk became Executive Director, Administrative Services Review, in April 2010. As the right arm of the Deputy Minister, Daniel Jean, Coleen will lead a comprehensive review of administrative services to improve access to and efficiency of government services, as input to Budget 2011.
From November 2008 until her appointment to the Administrative Services Review, Coleen was Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Canada, where she played a key leadership role in the restructuring assistance provided to the Canadian auto industry as well as other industrial policy initiatives. She also led the Mackenzie Gas Project on a special assignment with Environment Canada.
Before joining Industry Canada, Coleen was Assistant Superintendent, Corporate Services Sector, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services Branch, Department of Finance.
Coleen’s previous experience includes various senior executive roles with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, including Treasurer and Acting CFO, and eight years with CIBC and TDBank in Toronto, primarily in areas of treasury and risk management.
Coleen holds a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction, Computer Science major, and a diploma of Associate in Administration, Finance major, from the University of Regina. She is also a Certified Management Accountant.
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Benoit Long became the CTO for the Government of Canada in May 2010. Since then, however, he has been on assignment to the Privy Council Office to lead the Internal Enabling Function team with the Administrative Services Review. The team is undertaking a comprehensive review of administrative functions across Government. In particular, the team is examining how we can simplify, standardize and consolidate business processes associated with the most generic internal functions of the Government of Canada.
Previously, Benoit Long, was the vice-president and CIO at The Credit Valley Hospital and Trillium Health Centre. He has had other roles in the private sector, including working as vice-president of planning and development for CIBC's Internet Channel from 2001 to 2003. He has also worked in e-commerce and technology management, corporate sales management, as well as other executive, management roles.
Benoit Long has worked for the Government of Canada between 1985 and 1993. He held senior positions in such departments as Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Employment and Immigration Canada, and Human Resource Development Canada.
He obtained his B.A. Honours and M.A. in Economics at Carleton University and the received an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management.
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Nicole Barbeau studied in Montreal, her native city, and obtained an MBA from the École de gestion of the Université du Québec à Montréal. She had a lengthy career in the federal public service, from which she retired in April 2010.
Over the years, she has acquired extensive experience in program administration and service delivery, as well as policy development at both the regional and national levels.
Ms. Barbeau’s last position in the federal public service was that of Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Service Management, at Service Canada. In that capacity, she was responsible for managing services across the country.
Ms. Barbeau also served as Chief Learning Officer for Service Canada, a role that enabled her to share her vision of service excellence and to influence learning strategies for Service Canada managers and employees and for other Departments.
In 2002, Ms. Barbeau was a member of the national team that devised the Service Canada concept and implementation plan. She conducted research, developed concepts and implemented major initiatives aimed at improving service to Canadians. Ms. Barbeau chaired a number of committees and was a frequent speaker on the subject of service and organizational transformation.
In June 2010, Ms. Barbeau joined the Administrative Services Review team, on which she leads initiatives related to government services for citizens and business.
Susan Chambers, Team Lead, Asset Management, Administrative Services Review, Privy Council Office
Susan Chambers joined the Canadian Forces in 1985 and served as a Military Engineer Officer in various postings throughout Canada until 1994, subsequently she worked in transportation and engineering in municipal government as an Assistant City Engineer and in the Ministry of Transportation in British Columbia.
While a District Highways Manager in 1998 she acted as head of the Provincial Emergency response to flooding in Prince George, receiving a Ministerial commendation. Ms. Chambers rejoined the federal government in 2002 and recently held the role as Director of Real Property, Professional Services in Public Works and Government Services for the Pacific Region.
In 2009 she attended the J.F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Fulbright Scholar, completing a Master in Public Administration; she participated in the ULI, real estate and Design School forums while majoring in infrastructure delivery. In the summer 2010 upon her return she commenced as the Lead Real Property advisor on the Administrative Services Review Team.
Mr. Chambers graduated with a B.Eng in Civil Engineering from the Royal Military College 1989, and an MBA from Simon Fraser University in 1999.
Born in Plymouth, England Ms. Chambers grew up in Cornwall before emigrating to British Columbia. She is married and previously volunteered as a Director on the Board of First United Mission in the downtown eastside of Vancouver; she enjoys running and training for triathlons.
Roger Ermuth, CMA, MBA, Team Lead, Horizontal Initiatives, Administrative Services Review, Privy Council Office
Roger Ermuth is currently on assignment with the Privy Council Office (PCO) where he is responsible for horizontal analysis of legislative, machinery and enabling policies associated with the government wide review of administrative services.
Before his position at PCO, Roger held several positions with Indian and Northern Affairs, including Senior Director, Transfer Payments, where he was responsible for the management control framework for the department’s $6.0 billion grant and contribution program. He was also Director, Resource Management, responsible for all aspects of the departmental budget planning, allocation, and monthly financial reporting.
Prior to joining INAC, Roger led the Strategic Cost Management area of practice in the Ottawa office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. During this period, Roger led several large scale projects which assessed and made recommendations pertaining to the cost effectiveness and efficiency of departmental spending. He was also responsible for developing business cases for projects up to $40M, Activity Based Costing/Management projects and organizational change/process improvement projects.
Roger is also a Moderator with the CMA program, having obtained an MBA from the University of Ottawa, a graduate certificate from Harvard University and a BComm from Carleton University.
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André Morency began his public service career with the National Capital Commission in 1979 and joined Transport Canada in August 1982 where he has held a number of positions within the Department.
He has held Executive positions in the areas of supply administration, systems implementation; information management/information technology, finance, program administration and regional operations. He was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services in September 2002. As Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services and CFO, Mr. Morency is responsible for ensuring the provision of effective support to the Department in the areas of Crown Corporation governance, Financial Management, Human Resources Management, Corporate Planning and Reporting, and, Information Management/Information Technology.
Mr. Morency graduated from Carleton University in 1979 with an Honours B.A. in Sociology.
Deloranda Munro, Director General, Finance and Administration, Transport Canada
Deloranda Munro graduated from the University of Alberta with an honours bachelor of arts in 1971. Following graduation, she spent 10 years with Ward Mallette, where she obtained a chartered accountant designation and provided a variety of audit and consulting services. This was followed by four years as controller for a large conglomerate of construction and property management companies in Houston, Texas, a year with Thorne Riddell insolvency practice, and a brief period of time with the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada. Ms. Munro has been with Transport Canada since 1987, where she has held positions in financial management and financial policy and systems. She is currently Director General, Finance and Administration and has a lead role in the evolution of Transport Canada's financial systems infrastructure.
Marie-Christine Haubert, Executive Director, Corporate Planning and Reporting, Transport Canada
Marie-Christine began her career in 1988 at the Department of Employment and Immigration. She held various positions at HRSDC and then moved to the Courts Administration Service, where she was Regional Director General of Eastern Canada, Nunavut; Acting Director General, Finance and Corporate Services; and Director of Strategic Planning, Communications and Special Projects. In July of 2008, Marie-Christine joined the Treasury Board Secretariat as Director in the Management Accountability Framework Directorate. As of August 2009, she heads the Corporate Planning and Reporting group as Executive Director, at Transport Canada.
Ms. Haubert’s key experiences include: operational experience in the delivery of programs while managing varied and decentralized teams; Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Communications and corporate experience in the National Capital Region as Senior Financial Officer.
Ms. Haubert holds a Master’s degree in Political Science; and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from Ottawa University. She also holds a Master’s certificate in Integrated Risk Management from Carleton University; and a Certificate in Computer Science from McGill University.
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David Rattray, BComm, FCGA, FCIS, PAdm, CIA, Associate Partner, Centre for Public Management Inc.
Prior to joining the Centre in May, 2004, David Rattray was an Assistant Auditor General of Canada. He has been a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Internal Auditing Standards Board since 2004, a member of IIA’s Strategic Vision Task Group that developed the new International Professional Practices Framework ( IPPF ), a member of the 2010 IIA North American Nominating Committee and is an executive member of the IIA Ottawa Chapter Board of Directors. In 2010 he became a member of the CICA Audit and Assurance Standards Oversight Council. He is an IIA Accredited External Assessor/Independent Validator and has conducted numerous reviews of internal audit activities.
He has been active with the Certified General Accountant's (CGA) Association of Canada and CGA-Ontario, has chaired the National Task Force on the Future of the Accounting Profession and was a member of the CGA-Canada Task Force on Restoring Public Confidence in Financial Reporting.
From 1993 to 2002, he served as Canada's representative to the International Federation of Accountants' Public Sector Committee responsible for accounting and financial reporting standards setting for governments.
He is a Treasury Board of Canada appointee to the internal audit committees for the departments National Defence and Citizenship and Immigration.
Mr. Rattray has a degree in Commerce from Concordia University, and is a Certified General Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. He also holds a designation with the Institute of Corporate Secretaries and Administrators and as a Professional Administrator. He holds fellowships in both the CGA and ICSA organizations.
He is active in the volunteer community where he sits on several Boards and Foundations.
