New Release - New Board Chair for Meewasin

Jack G. Vicq was elected as Meewasin's seventh chair at its August 2009 board meeting. Mr. Vicq has been a member of the Meewasin board for the past three years and is one of four University of Saskatchewan representatives on the Meewasin board. He brings to Meewasin an extensive background in education, business governance, public finance and community involvement.


Jack G. Vicq
Chair Meewasin Valley Authority

Mr. Jack Vicq is the Director of the Saskatchewan office of the Canada West Foundation and Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Vicq is a retired professor of Accounting and former Associate Dean in Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the former Director of the Centre for International Business Studies at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Saskatchewan representative in the Meewasin Valley Authority..

Mr. Vicq holds a Bachelors Degree of Commerce in Accounting and a Masters Degree of Science in Accounting. He is a Chartered Accountant in Saskatchewan and became a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1997. He has been active in the governance of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

In 2001-2002 he was mandated by Saskatchewan’s Department of Finance as their A.W. Johnson Distinguished Chair in Public Policy. He headed the Provincial Income Tax Review Committee in 1999 and presented the Saskatchewan Personal Tax Review Committee Report to the Saskatchewan government. For the period 2002-2005 he was the chairperson of the Provincial Court Commission. Most recently, he chaired the Business Tax Review Committee for the Province of Saskatchewan.

Jack was a member of the Board of Directors of PotashCorp and chair of the Audit Committee until 2007. He currently sits on other not- for-profit boards.

For more information contact Susan Lamb or Doug Porteous at Meewasin 665-6887
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