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Douglas M. Hyndman
Chair, BC Securities Commission

Doug Hyndman is an advocate of focused securities regulation that ensures effective investor protection and market integrity and supports efficient capital markets. As chair of the British Columbia Securities Commission since 1987, he has steered the regulation of securities in the province through a period of profound change in the markets.

Mr. Hyndman has also played an active role in the Canadian Securities Administrators, the council of securities regulators in Canada’s provinces and territories, which coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets. He served as chair of the CSA from 1995 to 2003 and has represented CSA on the Accounting Standards Oversight Council (AcSOC) and the Council of Governors of the Canadian Public Accountability Board.

Since April 1, 2005, he has served in the volunteer role as the Chair of AcSOC, an independent body that oversees the setting of accounting standards in Canada for all types of business enterprises, non-profit organizations, and governments.

After receiving a BA (Econ) from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, he joined the BC Ministry of Finance in 1975, serving in various positions within the Treasury board Staff Division. Between 1984 and 1987, he was assistant deputy minister with responsibility for advising the government on economic, fiscal, budgetary and tax policy.