OUR ASSOCIATES

We have association with several senior audit and risk management experts renowned in their respective areas of specialization. Several of our Associates are former public servants while others are senior thought leaders that have joined us to continue their audit and IRM services through leadership within this firm.

Ginette Ross

Ginette Ross is a high-level dedicated professional with over 30 years of experience in the Federal Public Service and more than 16 years of experience working with senior management teams in the areas of risk management, control and accountability frameworks.  As former Director, Corporate Risk Management at Human Resources Skills Development Canada in 2004-2006, she led the implementation of the departmental risk management framework which included the integration of risk management in the departmental planning cycle; the development and updates to the annual corporate risk profile; the provision of training and support for the practice of risk management at the branch and project level.   Ginette also has extensive experience in managing and conducting large complex internal audits with multi-disciplinary teams.  For over a decade, she directed a variety of assurance engagements audits, reviews and studies.  More recently, she has taught a risk management course at the Canada School of Public Service and conducted workshops and presentations on Integrated Risk Management. Ginette has a Masters in Public Administration (Public Management) from l’École nationale d’administration publique. She is fluent in both official languages and has facilitated several bilingual workshops and sessions.

Suzanne Ryan

Suzanne Ryan is a results-oriented professional with over 30 years of experience in the Federal Public Service.  She have been involved with the management of change for most of her career, specifically in the areas of strategic planning, risk management, human resources management, values and ethics, and electronic administrative systems.  Suzanne’s approach to everything that she does is based on a belief that collaboration, participation and open communications are key to successful organizational change

 Suzanne has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and in 1999, successfully completed a Masters in Human Systems Interventions at Concordia University, where she developed her expertise in group process and group dynamics and the collaborative approach to change management. 

 Over the past ten years, Suzanne has developed her change management and facilitation skills and is now sought out by managers to provide process consultation and to facilitate a number of management/employee sessions for a variety of issues including risk self-assessment, strategic planning (which includes a component of risk management), team building, and conflict management.  She is fluent in both official languages and has facilitated many bilingual sessions.   

COURT STEVENS

Court Stevens, of DC Stevens Consulting Group Inc., is based in Victoria, British Columbia. His consulting practice specializes in procurement management and leadership training. He has been directly associated with all facets of procurement management, as a project director for large Federal Government programs, and as a consultant and instructor, for over 20 years.

Court’s procurement knowledge and experience includes the planning and development of contract management processes, preparing requests for proposals (RFPs), preparing proposals in response to an RFP, negotiating, and monitoring contract and project performance.

Over 6,000 contract, program and project managers, consultants, general contractors and business managers from both the private and public sectors have participated in one or more of Court’s training seminars. Participant/client backgrounds have included health care, social services, education, construction and engineering, forestry, financial management and administration, professional associations and consulting, information technology and human resources. Court has an extensive background in both individual and organizational leadership as an officer in the Canadian Forces, and as a professional development consultant in the private sector.