Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. | |
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Incumbent Sheri Meyerhoffer since 2019 | |
Appointer | Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development |
Formation | 2019 |
First holder | Sheri Meyerhoffer |
Sheri Meyerhoffer is a Canadian lawyer and the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
Meyerhoffer was born in Saskatchewan. She studied law at the University of Saskatchewan and a graduated with a master's degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2018.[1]
Meyerhoffer worked as lawyer for Howard Mackie and Amoco Canada Petroleum Company; and as a lobbyist for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, before working as a self-employed oil and gas consultant.[2][1] She joined the Canadian Bar Association in 2006, before working for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Nepal until 2017.[1] Meyerhoffer escaped the Nepal earthquakes uninjured.[3]
She was appointed by Jim Carr as the first Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise in 2019, tasked with investigating corporate ethics allegations.[4]