Lawyer appointed chair of ATB Financial board
Joan Hertz has been appointed as the new chairwoman of the board at ATB Financial.
Hertz has 20 years of financial and governance experience under her belt. A lawyer with a background in financial services and corporate governance, she was first appointed to the ATB Financial board in 2008.
Hertz will provide leadership to the board, facilitate the work and development of the board, and set the tone for management of the board and overall corporate governance. She will report to Finance Minister Joe Ceci.
Ceci said Hertz will provide stability and strong governance as ATB enters a new era with a new CEO.
Hertz replaces outgoing chairman Brian Hesje.
FIVE MORE YEARS FOR ETHICS COMMISSIONER
An all-party legislative offices committee approved the re-appointment of Alberta’s ethics commissioner Tuesday night, giving Marguerite Trussler another five years at the helm.
Before taking the role of ethics commissioner, Trussler spent 20 years on the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. She was the chairwoman of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission from 2007 to 2014.
WHAT’S UP WITH BUDGET CUTS?
The Alberta Federation of Labour wants Alberta’s public institutions to study impacts of potential budget cuts.
Leaders of unions from across the province met in Edmonton Wednesday and agreed to send letters to the leaders of public institutions asking for their plans if budgets are cut.
The Edmonton public school board recently conducted a study examining various scenarios of how its budget would be affected by cuts in provincial funding, and the AFL wants other school boards, municipal governments, Alberta Health Services and postsecondary institutions to do the same.
“With a provincial election coming up next spring, the public deserves to know what provincial funding cuts could mean for their services,” Gil McGowan, AFL president, said in a statement.
McGowan targeted the UCP, saying it has floated cuts as high as 20 per cent while refusing to commit to any concrete numbers.