Canada’s finance ministry said on Thursday it was appointing three new directors to the Bank of Canada’s board, which selects the central bank’s governor and provides general oversight of the management and administration of the institution
The new appointees – David Dominy, Ernie Daniels, and Shelley Williams – bring years of experience in “accounting, capital markets, and financial management from across industries and sectors,” the finance ministry said in the statement.
Daniels, from the Salt River First Nation in the Northwest Territories, has over 35 years of senior-level financial management experience, according to theDepartment of Finance’s website.
A Bank of Canada spokesperson told Global News that to the best of their knowledge, Daniels is the first First Nations member to join the Bank’s board.
Dominy has over 25 years of CEO experience, most recently with Canada’s largest domestically-owned Money Services Business, FIRMA Foreign Exchange Corporation.
Williams, meanwhile, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) who has held senior positions at several large multinational public companies, including vice-president treasurer at Finning International, and corporate treasurer at Fletcher Challenge Canada.
With files from Global News
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer in Ottawa)