Sheri Meyerhoffer Explained

Post:Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
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Incumbent:Sheri Meyerhoffer
Incumbentsince:2019
Appointer:Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Formation:2019
First:Sheri Meyerhoffer

Sheri Meyerhoffer is a Canadian lawyer and the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.

Early life and education

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]

Career

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] She joined the Canadian Bar Association in 2006, before working for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Nepal until 2017. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New ombudsperson hopes mediation will resolve complaints involving Canadian companies abroad . 2023-07-11 . www.canadianlawyermag.com . en.
  2. Web site: Lazenby . Henry . 2019-05-07 . Mining opponents fume at Canada's enterprise ombudsperson . 2023-07-11 . . en.
  3. News: 26 April 2015 . Sheri Meyerhoffer, Calgary lawyer in Nepal, uninjured in earthquake . CBC .
  4. News: McGee . Niall . 2019-04-08 . Canada appoints Sheri Meyerhoffer as first corporate-ethics ombudsperson . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2023-07-11.