Board of Directors
Ronald Smith
Ronald E. Smith (’71), a native of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, has an extensive background in the financial, telecommunications and energy sectors. A former Chief Financial Officer with Aliant Telecom Inc. and its predecessor, Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Ltd., he later served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Emera Inc. and its major subsidiary, Nova Scotia Power Inc. Mr. Smith has recently completed terms as Chair of the Acadia University Board of Governors and the Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board and continues to serve on both boards. He is currently a member of the boards of directors of Gammon Gold Inc. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and serves as a trustee of the Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations pension fund. Mr. Smith also serves as a member of the Canadian Accounting Standards Oversight Council. He is a former National President of the Canadian Association for Community Living and former Chair of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.
