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About Bob Plamondon
- Bob Plamondon (born December 8, 1957 in Cornwall, Ontario) is a board member and consultant with expertise in the fields of performance management, transformation, governance and public finance.
- He is also a bestselling author with a focus on Canadian history and public policy. Plamondon earned a Masters of Management Studies and B.
- Comm.
- (Honours) from Carleton University.
- In 1983, he became a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and was elected Fellow (FCA) in 2003.
- In 2018, he completed the Rotman-ICD Directors Education Program.
- His work experience includes over 25 years as an independent consultant; full and part-time professorship at three universities over a twenty-year period; and authorship of numerous public policy studies and reports.
- He has been frequently published in the Globe and Mail, The National Post, and Ottawa Citizen, as well as in various policy and academic journals. In 1988, Plamondon ran for federal Parliament as a Progressive Conservative.
- In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
- Also in 2012, he led a campaign that resulted in the renaming of the Ottawa River Parkway to the Sir John A.
- Macdonald Parkway. In 2019, Plamondon was appointed to the board of directors of OPTrust, where he sits on the Governance and Audit committees.
- OPTrust holds about $20 billion in assets, which funds the pension plan of Ontario public servants who are members of OPSEU.
- In 2014, Plamondon was appointed to the board of directors of the National Capital Commission, where he served as chair of the audit committee and sat on the executive committee.
- In 2017, he was elected by the NCC Board of Directors to serve as interim chair.
- His term on the NCC board concluded in June 2018.
- He currently sits on the advisory board of the Digital Academy of the Canada School of Public Service as well as the boards of the National Portrait Gallery, Ottawa Business Events, and the Ottawa chapter of the Sir Winston Churchill Society. The same year, he launched an initiative to establish the Wellington National Mall in the Parliamentary Precinct.
- Other community contributions include serving on the board of directors of the Sierra Club of Canada, committees of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, and the YMCA.
- Plamondon also supports literacy programs in public schools, local writers' festivals, and minor hockey.
- In 2019, Plamondon conceived and launched The Prime Ministers Series - a partnership of the University of Ottawa and the Canada School of Public Service.
- Delivering Transformative Change for Canadians with the Rt.
- Hon.
- Brian Mulroney was held in Ottawa on March 5, 2019, in front of over 500 aspiring and senior public servants.
- Speakers included David Dodge, Michael Sabia, Barbara McDougall, Derek Burney, Pauline Browes, Wayne Wouters, and Michael Wernick. Plamondon is the father of four children.
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