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Christian Asselin has more than 35 years of varied experience in the field of internal, external and performance audit. He has extensive experience in risk management, internal controls, governance, program evaluation, and fraud prevention, detection and deterrence.

He worked for 16 years with the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) of Canada in Ottawa, where he held several positions including the role of Director, Forensic Accounting. He has participated in several projects in performance auditing, special examinations of federal Crown corporations and financial audits.

Thereafter, Christian served as director at Elections Canada and Chief Audit and Evaluation Executive at the Public Health Agency of Canada and Natural Resources Canada. He also worked in the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada in the section responsible for the implementation of the policy on internal audit. Before joining the public sector, he worked for two large audit firms.

Currently he practices public accountancy, works as consultant for government departments and contributes to the activities of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF). In this capacity he participated in the development of the practice audit guides on Auditing Mining Revenues and Financial Assurances for Site Remediation and Auditing Oil and Gas Revenues and Financial Assurances for Site Remediation. He also participates in training activities as an instructor or collaborator.

Christian has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa. He holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Ontario and Quebec Association of CPAs.