Audit and Finance Committee

Tom Vandeloo

Tom is a director on the Board of DUCA Financial Services Credit Union. He joined DUCA’s board in 2015 and has served as its board chair since 2016. Tom Vandeloo retired in 2020, culminating his career as a Partner at PwC. He has nearly thirty years of consulting experience in business integration & separation, cost optimization, business performance improvement, procurement...

John Klassen

John Klassen currently is the Chief Finance and Compliance/Chief Financial Officer for Kindred Credit Union in Kitchener, Ontario, since 2009. He worked in a in number of member-facing capacities as a MSR, Loans Officer and Certified Financial Planner before moving to Kindred’s Head Office in 2000 as Chief Operating Officer. John is a certified CPA/CMA and holds a Bachelor of...

Barry Delaney

Barry is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union, a position he has held since 2016. Prior to joining SASCU, he was interim CEO at Northern Savings Credit Union (six months) after 17 years in management roles at First West Credit Union and Envision Financial. Barry holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University...

Paul Challinor

Paul, a Chartered Professional Accountant for more than 35 years, was elected to First West Credit Union’s board, in 2019; he currently serves on its Audit and Conduct Review and Risk, Investment and Loan committees. Recently retired as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Vancouver, Paul was the leader of PwC’s Financial Services practice in BC from 2000 to 2015. Throughout...

Penny-Lynn McPherson

From 1987 until her retirement in 2015, Penny-Lynn was Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at the Payments Canada. She has over 25 years’ experience in payments, clearing and settlement, ecommerce, compliance, risk management and corporate governance. She has served on and co-chaired a number of payment system committees and also served as a director of the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario from 2011 to 2015...