Ms. Williams is a Chartered Professional Accountant with an extensive corporate finance and capital markets background. She has held senior positions at some of BC’s largest multinational public companies, including Vice President Treasurer at Finning International, and Corporate Treasurer at Fletcher Challenge Canada. Ms. Williams has significant governance experience at both public and private sector organizations, as well as unique ownership and multi-stakeholder environments. Currently, she is serving as a Director on the Board of the Bank of Canada (January 2023 to present). Ms. Williams has recently served on the Boards of Concentra Bank (2017 to 2022) and Concentra Trust (2019 to 2022), where she was Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and a member of the Special Committees overseeing the sale of the Bank and Trust Company to Equitable Bank. She has also served on the Board of BC Life & Casualty Company (2015 to 2021) where she chaired the Audit, Risk, and Conduct Review Committees and oversaw the merger of the Company with Blue Cross Life. Previously Ms. Williams served as Chair of the Douglas College Board (2010 to 2017), Vice Chair of HFN LNG Development Corporation, and as an Independent Commissioner at the BC Securities Commission. Ms. Williams is active in the community and is currently serving as Chair of the Sources Foundation. She has held the ICD.D designation since 2009.