Announcement: New CEO of the Safety Codes Council
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To Our Partners and Stakeholders:
We continue to navigate unprecedented times and through our experience the Council has learned in 2020, is that adaptability and flexibility are an essential part of a strong organization. We remain focused on supporting our partners in the system, committed to making it easy for them to do their job, ensuring the safety of Albertans in the built environment.
At the end of last year we announced Brian Alford’s intent to retire as CEO of the Safety Codes Council. Brian stayed on to help us through the transition of leadership and through circumstances, the challenges our organization faced in dealing with COVID-19 and the Board of Directors. I would like to personally thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the safety codes system and wish him the very best in his retirement. Brian’s last day will be July 15, 2020 and we will be celebrating his retirement as soon as we can safely gather together.
As we now move into the second half of 2020, the Board of Directors and I are looking forward to continuing support of our province’s recovery plan and help fuel the economic engine of Alberta. Our industry, like so many others, is facing unique challenges in this “new normal” and we want to make sure that we pursue reimagining how we do business every day, eliminating barriers that help our partners to innovate and be successful.
With that goal in mind, I am very pleased to announce that Amina Deiab has been appointed as President and CEO of the Safety Codes Council. Amina comes to the Council from the Government of Alberta where she has served in several leadership roles, particularly within the Departments of Economic Development and Trade, Energy and most recently Executive Council.
Amina spent the first 15 years of her career in the private sector focused on business development across Canada and the U.S., including founding her own companies involved in the residential construction sector. In 2013, Amina joined the Government of Alberta, and has worked at the intersection of business, policy and the regulatory environment, leading large-scale complex, multi- stakeholder industry development initiatives. Key initiatives have included leading the execution of Alberta’s Petrochemical Diversification Program, resulting in significant investment in the province; assessing project potential for developing new refining capacity in Alberta, and developing economic fiscal legislation to increase market development and growth in Alberta’s technology sector.
Amina holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute for Corporate Directors and has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy, specializing in Innovation, Science, and Energy Policy from Carleton University. Her background and experience will provide the Council with business, regulatory insight and leadership as we move ahead. We anticipate under Amina’s direction the Council will foster strong relationships with our partners and build on the strength of our staff and volunteers here at the Council, as we work towards the success of Albertans and the assurance of safe places to live, work and play across our province.
The Board of Directors and I look forward to Amina’s first day at the Council on August 10, 2020. In the interim, Erin Stroud will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Council as Acting President and CEO.
Thank you,
Kevin Griffiths
Chair, Board of Directors
Safety Codes Council
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