Sheri Meyerhoffer

Sheri Meyerhoffer is a Canadian lawyer and the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.

Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
Incumbent
Sheri Meyerhoffer
since 2019
AppointerMinister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Formation2019
First holderSheri Meyerhoffer

Early life and education

Meyerhoffer was born in Saskatchewan. She studied law at the University of Saskatchewan and a graduated with a master's degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2017.[1]

Career

Meyerhoffer worked as lawyer for Howard Mackie and Amoco Canada Petroleum Company; and as a lobbyist for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, before working as a self-employed oil and gas consultant.[2][1] She joined the Canadian Bar Association in 2007, before working for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Nepal until 2017.[1] Meyerhoffer escaped the Nepal earthquakes uninjured.[3]

She was appointed by Jim Carr as the first Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise in 2019, tasked with investigating corporate ethics allegations.[4]

References
  1. "New ombudsperson hopes mediation will resolve complaints involving Canadian companies abroad". www.canadianlawyermag.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  2. Lazenby, Henry (2019-05-07). "Mining opponents fume at Canada's enterprise ombudsperson". The Mining Journal. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  3. "Sheri Meyerhoffer, Calgary lawyer in Nepal, uninjured in earthquake". CBC. 26 April 2015.
  4. McGee, Niall (2019-04-08). "Canada appoints Sheri Meyerhoffer as first corporate-ethics ombudsperson". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
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