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Representative to the Board of Governors
Charles-Antoine St-Jean,
BCom '76, BAdm '75,
Representative to the Board of Governors
Biography:
Charles-Antoine St-Jean is the national partner for Public Sector in Canada for Ernst & Young and member of the Global Public Sector Council for Ernst & Young. In this role, he advises clients at the federal and provincial levels in Canada and abroad on strategic, governance and risk management, and helps develop the global public sector capabilities of Ernst & Young.
He rejoined Ernst & Young in the fall of 2007 after serving as the Comptroller General of Canada for three years. Prior to serving in the federal public sector, he worked with Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as partner and vice-president. During his professional career, he worked with clients in the public sector, not-for-profit, technology, telecommunications and banking sectors in both Canada and abroad. During that period, he was also seconded for three years with Crown Corporations to take a leadership role for strategic transformation initiatives.
Over the years, he has served on various not-for-profit organization boards. He is a current Governor of CCAF, a Canadian foundation dedicated to advance good governance in public sector in Canada and abroad. He recently completed his term as director of the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board of Canada.
Mr. St-Jean obtained a B.Com (Spec. Accounting) from the University of Ottawa in 1976. In 2006 and 2008, he was granted the FCA designation by the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants and L’Ordre des Comptables Agréés du Québec. In 2008, the UK Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy awarded him the honorary designation of CIPFA for his body of work for advancing the cause of financial management in the public sector. The Financial Management Institute also named him a life-time honorary member of the Institute for services rendered to FMI and public sector management.
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