Our members
We appoint our executive committee from among our members. The Executive Committee may create standing committees, ad hoc committees or working groups to deal with specific issues.
Isabelle Barrette
Member - Federal, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Isabelle Barrette is the Executive Director, Policy and Communities at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Isabelle is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). Isabelle possesses significant audit experience, primarily in the fields of financial management, internal controls, risk management and project management skills. Isabelle spent most of her career at Employment and Social Development Canada where she led several audit teams. With her embedded Benefits Delivery Modernization (BDM) audit team, created in 2021, Isabelle has played a key role in establishing an agile insurance approach for a major transformation initiative in the Government of Canada that has earned the respect of the executives in the Department as well as the internal audit community.
Ian Raskin
Co-Chair Research and Thought Leadership Committee - Federal, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In his current role, Ian Raskin is responsible for the Internal Audit, Evaluation and Professional Practices functions at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ian was also the 2021 recipient of the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada’s Internal Audit Vision Award.
Ian entered the Public service in 2007, when he joined the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He progressed through various roles including the Director of Internal Audit and the Director of Financial Monitoring, Internal Control and Compliance. During his last 4 years at CIHR he held the role of Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive. Before entering the federal public service, Ian spent almost eight years working in the private sector including Ernst and Young LLP and Ford Motor Company of Canada. Ian is a CPA, CIA, CFE, CCSA and CGAP.
Susan Hanlon
Member - Newfoundland and Labrador
Susan Hanlon, CPA, CA, is the Director of Professional Services and Internal Audit in the Office of the Comptroller General for the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. She leads a team of audit professionals in executing an annual risk-based audit plan for government departments, agencies, crown entities, and the Legislature. Her work focuses on evaluating and enhancing risk management (including fraud risk), internal controls, legislative compliance, and financial and governance processes.
Susan holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours, Co-operative) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and obtained her Chartered Accountant designation in 2003 while working at Grant Thornton. Since joining the public service in 2010, she has held various roles within the Comptroller General’s office.
Judy Killam
Forum Chair - Prince Edward Island
Judy Killam is the Comptroller with the Office of the Comptroller, Department of Finance in the Government of Prince Edward Island. She has been in the position since November 2019 and a member of GIACC since that time.
With a career spanning over 30 years, Judy has honed her accounting skills working in Public Practice, the Insurance Industry, the Banking Industry, the Construction Industry, Post Secondary Education, the world of IT, and has been with the Government of the Province of Prince Edward Island in a variety of roles for the past 15 years.
Katie Smith
Member - Nova Scotia
Katie is Director of Internal Audit with the Government of Nova Scotia, serving IWK Health where she has been responsible for leading a team to build an internal audit function from the ground up. Additionally, Katie is currently Acting as Executive Director, Internal Audit Centre for the Government of Nova Scotia. She applies fifteen years of internal audit and fraud risk management experience, and consistently demonstrates a passion for adding value to operations and improving governance, risk management, and internal controls through objective and evidence-based analyses.
Katie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & French and a Master of Public Administration (MPA). Additionally, she holds the following designations: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB).
Jason King
Member - New Brunswick
Bio coming soon.
Christian Villeneuve
Member - Quebec
Bio coming soon.
Robert L'Écuyer
Member - Quebec
Robert L’Ecuyer was appointed Director of the Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité Sociale in March 2023. He leads the audit activities and administrative investigations. Before that, between June 2020 and February 2022, he was Director of the Internal Audit Department of the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration. Since 2021, he has been a member of the executive committee of the Québec Forum of Chief Audit Executives.
Robert has more than 29 years of experience, including 19 years in the audit field. He worked for the Auditor General of Quebec for more than 12 years and his career has steadily progressed. During his career, he has been involved in financial auditing, auditing of unclaimed assets, performance auditing and internal auditing. He has led large-scale mandates for departments and public agencies, including where massive data analysis was used to support findings.
Robert graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1992 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in accounting. He is also a graduate of Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, where he obtained, in 1999, a graduate diploma in taxation. He is a member of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec.
Sanjeev Batra
Member - Ontario
Sanjeev Batra’s experience includes serving as the interim Provincial Controller and Assistant Deputy Minister in 2015-16, and most recently as the Audit Director for the Ontario Internal Audit Division’s Health Audit Branch.
Prior to joining the Ontario Public Service, Sanjeev worked with the Canada Life Assurance Company, as well as PwC in various audit roles.
Sanjeev holds a Bachelor of Arts (Finance and Economics) with the University of Western Ontario, has completed post-graduate studies in Accounting with Wilfrid Laurier University, and holds a Certified Public Accountant designation (Colorado State Board of Accountancy).
Michael Benn
Co-Chair Research and Thought Leadership Committee - Ontario
Bio coming soon.
Muqeel Haider
Member - Manitoba
Muqeel Haider is the Executive Director, Internal Audit and Compliance in the Government of Manitoba. He is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Muqeel has worked with various multinational companies and Ernst & Young prior to joining the Government of Manitoba. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in internal audit, external audit, financial management and accounting.
Ryan MacGregor
Chair - Saskatchewan
Ryan is the Director of Internal Audit in the Provincial Comptroller’s Office at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Finance. He is responsible for leading a team of audit professionals in the use of a risk-based approach for the audit of the financial processes and systems in Executive Government ministries. Ryan leads a committee comprised of ministry internal audit leaders. Ryan served as a board member with the Institute of Internal Auditors Saskatchewan Chapter from June 2018 to May 2022, and he was the Vice President of Finance and Administration for three years.
Ryan has expertise in public sector financial management and reporting through his 10 years of experience as a Senior Financial Management Analyst in the Provincial Comptroller’s Office, and as a Financial Analyst at Elections Saskatchewan during the 2016 General Election. Ryan obtained his Chartered Professional Accountant designation while working as a Senior Accountant in the Assurance and Advisory practice at Deloitte in Regina.
Michael Crerar
Member - Alberta
Prior to joining Alberta’s Internal Audit branch, Michael held executive positions in GoA for cybersecurity, IT finance and strategy and delivery of the province’s SAP technology solution.
Gavin Haigh
Member - British Columbia
Gavin Haigh serves as the Senior Executive Director of Internal Audit & Advisory Services for the Ministry of Finance within the BC Provincial Government. Since joining the Ministry in 2021, Gavin has progressed through increasingly senior leadership roles.
As a Chartered Professional Accountant, Gavin brings extensive experience in public sector financial auditing and advisory services. Having recently returned from an extended period abroad, during which he combined work and travel across Europe, Gavin is enthusiastic about leading BC’s internal audit function and driving excellence in this critical area.
Patrick Seeley
Vice-Chair - Yukon
Patrick Seeley is a CPA, CMA, CIA, CRMA and CFE with over 30 years of experience in Audit, Accounting and Finance leading internal audit departments for publicly traded companies, a large BC based credit union, the BC Provincial Government. Prior to joining the Yukon Government he was an independent CPA practitioner providing risk and advisory services to a wide variety of businesses.
Stephanie Carter
Member - Northwest Territories
Stephanie Carter, MBA, CIA, CRMA, CGAP and CFE, has 20 years of experience in financial and program management, corporate governance and internal audit. Stephanie has the overall responsibility for the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Internal Audit function. She started her internal audit career in 2011 with the GNWT. Prior to joining the Internal Audit function in 2011, Stephanie held a number of senior positions with the Territorial and Indigenous Governments in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Ester Usman
Member - Nunavut
Esther Usman is the Chief Internal Auditor for the Government of Nunavut (GN), where she leads the territory’s internal audit function with strategic vision and
executive oversight. In this role, she delivers independent assurance and advisory services that reinforce governance, strengthen risk management, and enhance
internal controls across GN departments and agencies.
A Chartered Professional Accountant with more than 25 years of experience, Ester has built a respected career spanning internal and external audit, financial
management, and public accountability in both the public and private sectors. Her career reflects a deep commitment to transparency, accountability, and the
continuous enhancement of public sector performance. Ester is a strong advocate for ethical conduct and professional standards in the audit profession.