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Don Smith has over 40 years of experience conducting internal audits, performance audits, human resource management audits and Special Examinations of Crown Corporations. He has spent his career training and mentoring auditors in Canada and abroad, including numerous CAAF Fellows. Since 2005 he has run his own consulting firm focusing primarily on internal audits, mentoring and training.

Mr. Smith was a Director of Human Resources Management Audit in the Office of the Auditor General of Canada from 1983 until his retirement in 2005. He conducted HRM audits in such areas as recruitment, workforce adjustment, performance management and classification. He directed performance audits and special examinations for a wide variety of organizations, including National Defence, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Canadian International Development Agency. He conducted Special Examinations in numerous crown corporations, including VIA Rail and the National Museums, and also of the House of Commons and Senate. He then spent a year as Director General, Audit Operations Branch, with the Public Service Commission during the building and transition phase of the Branch.

Prior to joining the Office of the Auditor General, Mr. Smith spent a decade with the Public Service Commission where he was a trainer, course designer, management consultant and Director of Training Technology and Certification. He developed and taught training courses in such areas as systems approach to training (training analysis, design, delivery, evaluation and validation); project management; organizational analysis and design; labour relations; and performance management.

Mr. Smith received a Master of Arts and Honours Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal and the Auditor General Award for Innovation.