Fiona is an experienced director with particular expertise in governance and human resources. She is a director of The Royal Canadian Mint, where she chairs the Human Resources and Workplace Health and Safety Committee. Fiona’s past board experience includes: Director of a publicly traded financial services company, RF Capital, where she was Chair of the Management Resources and Compensation Committee, a Member of Audit and Governance and Special Committees; Director of the BC Ferry Authority; and Chair of the BC Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Fiona has a BA and MBA, both from UBC, and has the ICD.D designation.
What Fiona brings in particular to the Food Bank board is: business/financial acumen, which will help with meeting today’s pressing needs while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of the Food Bank; governance best practices, which will help ensure effective stewardship and oversight of what is a very large and complex organization, that provides essential support to many people in our communities; and a deep background in human resource management to ensure we attract, retain and develop our people so that they too can grow and contribute to the Food Bank’s mission of providing healthy food to those in need.