Risk Review and Investment & Loan Committee

Russ Voutour

Russ Voutour is currently Chief, Digital, Technology and Marketing Officer, at Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited (YNCU) where he oversees Infrastructure, Enterprise Services, Information Technology Governance, Innovation and Business Intelligence/Analytics. He joined YNCU in March 2021. Russ has worked in the financial services industry for 15 years, including various areas such as Digital, Analytics and Architecture. Throughout his career, Russ...

Christie Stephenson

Christie is the Executive Director of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, where she focuses on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and governance. Christie is a regular TV, print and radio media commentator on responsible business and investing, and a member of the Climate Governance Experts Network...

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...

Shelley McDade

Shelley’s financial services career spans 35 years in the BC credit union system. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Coast Credit Union, a 75 year old cooperative with $580 million in assets and more than 16,000 members. Shelley is best known for her commitment and passion for leveraging collaboration to create value for members locally and across the...