TABLE OF CONTENTS

• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  • Executive Director
  • Director of Legal Services and General Counsel
  • Executive Assistant and Special Advisor to the Chairperson

ANNEX B

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The role of the Executive Committee is to consider and decide questions of policy, deal with major corporate matters such as the budget, the annual report and audits, and to consider and decide major administrative questions, such as organization and service agreements. The Committee may invite other Commission staff to present specific agenda items, as required, and may occasionally be addressed by representatives from central agencies, other government departments or the private sector.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Previously the Commission’s Director of Operations, Mr. Robert A. MacDougall, was promoted and appointed to the position of Executive Director of the Commission in November 2001.

Mr. MacDougall holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa’s Executive Program. He has thirty years experience with the Government of Canada,with increasingly senior responsibilities for the management of programs, financial and human resources. Mr. MacDougall also has a strong operational background, including the significant police and security experience that he acquired as a regular member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and an employee of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES AND GENERAL COUNSEL

In September 2001, Ms. Johanne Gauthier was appointed Director of Legal Services and General Counsel of the Commission.

Ms. Gauthier has been a member of the Quebec Bar for more than 10 years and possesses significant expertise and experience in criminal law, administrative law, investigation and police ethics.

Before joining the Commission, Ms. Gauthier worked for more than 7 years as a civilian member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, holding various positions with increasing responsibilities, including Senior Prosecutor and Manager of Internal Affairs. Prior to her appointment with the Commission, Ms. Gauthier served as Legal Counsel for the Commissioner of Official Languages.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRPERSON

Marc Pilon, Executive Assistant and Special Advisor to the Chairperson, has been with the Commission since May 2000.

Before joining the Commission, Mr. Pilon was an Investigator and Policy Advisor with the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces, as well as the Observer on the Board of Inquiry — Croatia. He has served as Special Advisor to the Chair regarding the Audit of the External Review of the Canadian Forces Special Investigation Unit.

Mr. Pilon is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. He graduated from the University of Ottawa Law School and also holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Criminology) from the University of Ottawa. Mr. Pilon articled with the law firm of Gowling, Strathy and Henderson (now Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP) in Ottawa.