The Canadian Securities Administrators has appointed Ann Leduc as its new Secretary General, effective today.

Leduc will be responsible for the general management and supervision of CSA Secretariat operations. Leduc will coordinate the development and implementation of CSA projects and policy initiatives. With the assistance of a policy coordinator and an administrative staff person, she will also coordinate all CSA activities.

“Establishment of the permanent Secretariat, and the opening of its offices in Montreal, are key elements in the CSA’s ongoing leadership efforts to improve the Canadian securities regulatory regime,” said Stephen Sibold, chair of the CSA and the Alberta Securities Commisison, in a news release.

The creation of a permanent Secretariat was announced last fall. “With the appointment of the new Secretary General and the establishment of a more formal governance structure, the CSA will be better able to effectively harmonize legislation across all Canadian jurisdictions while maintaining decision-making authority within each province or territory,” Sibold continued.

Leduc has spent the last five years as a regulation analyst and regulation manager for Quebec’s Autorité des marchés financiers (formerly the Quebec Securities Commission). Prior to joining the QSC, she spent eight years as a member of the Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal where she lectured in Finance. She also held the position of chair, Program Committee for the Certificate in Applied Real Estate.

Leduc holds an MBA from York University, a BA in Economics from McGill University and is fluently bilingual.