The Ontario Securities Commission announced today the appointment of James Alexander “Sasha” Angus as special advisor to the chairman and executive director on enforcement and ethics matters, effective Jan. 7, 2008.

The new senior advisory position was created to provide independent advice to the chairman & CEO and the executive director & CAO on litigation and enforcement matters, as well as on ethics issues. The position is responsive to a number of issues raised and recommendations made by the 2006 Allen Committee Task Force.

“I am very much looking forward to my new role here at the Commission and the opportunity to assist the chairman and executive director by providing independent strategic advice on important enforcement and ethical issues,” says Angus.

Angus is an experienced senior litigator with specialized litigation experience before a variety of forums at the Provincial and Superior Court and Court of Appeal levels, as well as before the Supreme Court of Canada and administrative tribunals. He received law degrees from the University of British Columbia and Oxford University and had 15 years of litigation practice with Farris & Co. in Vancouver before joining the British Columbia Securities Commission where he was director of enforcement for nine years.

Angus joined the OSC in 2006 as special litigation counsel and senior policy advisor to the enforcement branch.