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Government to a new level. We’ll offer
even more electronic channels to citizens.
We’ll see data visualisation tools so so-
phisticated that we will see trends we nev-
er thought possible, or even existed. And
all this with services offered at the levels
we demand. Finance will move into the
clouds. We’ll outsource to Mars. (Maybe
not that last one!)
Of course, I know full well that there
are few surprises lurking in the shadows.
After all in 1900, the Ladies Home Journal
predicted:
“There will be air-ships, but they will not
successfully compete with surface cars and
water vessels for passenger or freight traffic.
They will be main-
tained as deadly
war-vessels by all
military nations.
Some will trans-
port men and
goods. Others
will be used by
scientists mak-
ing observa-
tions at great
heights above the earth”
About the Author
Doug Lloyd is the Executive Director, Financial Systems Authority at the Office of the Comptroller
General. He is responsible for developing and setting financial business processes for the
government, as well as establishing common financial information.
Prior to this, Mr. Lloyd was on exchange from the private sector where he was the President and
CEO of a private sector niche financial and project management consulting company. He won two
distinction awards from the industry for project management at this time.
He is the former President and Chair of the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority, the provincial
Crown Corporation responsible for all yellow school buses in Ottawa-Carleton, serving over
100,000 students over 5,000 square kilometers.
Mr. Lloyd has an MBA from the University of Ottawa with a concentration in Finance and
Accounting, and is CMC, CMA and PMP certified. He is in process of completing a PhD in Public
Administration specializing in building high performing teams using intergenerational techniques,
a subject he lectures and writes on frequently.
Certi ed General Accountants see more
than numbers. When it comes to nancial
management, CGAs see the impact and
opportunity behind those numbers. That’s
because, in this fast changing economic
climate, innovative leadership is seeing the
big picture and setting a strategic course
for success.
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CGA-Canada congratulates FMI
on 50 years of excellence in public
sector nancial management!
CGA-FMI Jounal Ad_SEPT2012.indd 1
12-09-27 11:34 AM
I bet Air Canada is surprised.
Leadership, a convergence vision and
a younger more agile workforce offers us
the perfect storm for modernizing our
financial management regime in the feder-
al public service. These are exciting times
indeed, and I wonder where FMI will be at
the end of the next 50 years.
