RICHARD SMITH

Rick Smith was appointed as an Assistant Auditor General, Strategic Planning and Professional Practices, in September 2003. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development and improvement of the Office's audit practices, quality assurance, and strategic planning. In April 2006, Mr. Smith assumed responsibility for the Office's International Relations Program. Mr. Smith joined the Office in 1996 as a Principal working for the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. He and his team prepared the Commissioner's annual reports to Parliament and conducted audits and studies of a range of environmental and sustainable development issues. In 2000, he served as Interim Commissioner of the Environment before becoming the Principal of the Finance and Economics team. He led the assessments of the Export Development Corporation's Environmental Review Framework, Canada's money laundering strategy and the role of the Treasury Board. Earlier in his career he worked on a wide variety of social, economic, and environmental issues in the Department of Manpower and Immigration, the Department of Finance, the Privy Council Office and Environment Canada. Immediately before joining the Office, he was Director General, Planning and Co-ordination, responsible for Environment Canada's policy planning function.