Jim Phillips was appointed to the OMERS AC Board in 2009 as the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies employer representative. Jim is Chair of the Audit Committee for 2012 and is also a member of the Investment Committee and the Human Resources Committee.
During his career Jim has had the opportunity to work in the private, public and not for profit sectors. He began his career in the banking and trust industry and progressed through increasingly responsible positions in the branch network and head office including Chief Accountant and Director of Savings Services of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Subsequently Jim was employed by the Province of Ontario in financial and human resource management roles at the Area Office and Regional Office levels of the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
For 26 years prior to his eligible early retirement in March 2011, Jim served as Director of Corporate Resources with Family and Children’s Services of Waterloo Region and for 20 years as the Chief Executive Officer of the Family and Children’s Services Foundation. In his agency role he directed the business operations (Finance, Human Resources, Information and Technology Services and Communications) of the charitable non-profit corporation in a highly regulated sector. Over the past 20 years Jim has served on a number of secondments to the Province of Ontario working on policy development and implementation projects. In 2007 he was a member of a team that received the Amethyst award from the Province of Ontario for outstanding public service.
Jim is a member of the Board of Directors of Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc. and also provides advisory services on a project basis within the government, not-for-profit and fundraising sectors.
Jim received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph and his Certified General Accountant designation in 1981.