Keith Murchison

Keith Murchison is a seasoned business professional, with over 40 years of experience working in the areas of Risk Management, Planning, Performance Management and Business Analysis. 

His career includes leadership roles at Export Development Canada, Northern Telecom, Bell Canada International, J.H. Minet Canada and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Keith Murchison has also managed his own consulting firm, Impact Consulting, where he has delivered positive results in the context of over 80 major projects, undertaken, on behalf of both public and private sector clients.

Keith Murchison has formerly received a bilingual certification, holds a Secret level II security clearance, and has earned a RIBO licence for risk management consulting and insurance brokerage services, in Ontario. He has an MBA in International Finance and International Business from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree, in Marketing and Operations Research, from Queens University.

Professional Experience

Work Experience 1

Business Lead | Impact Consulting | Nepean, ON | March 2007 – Present

• Operates an Ottawa-area consulting practice which, throughout the past 25+ years, has supported the project-specific requirements of a diverse array of private sector and Government of Canada clients – pertaining to such areas as risk management, planning performance management, reporting, business analysis – as well as related project management requirements, training needs, etc.
• Has delivered positive results in relation to 35+ projects, in this capacity (as set out in a detailed project portfolio, attached hereto).
• Extensive involvement with risk analytics, including the application of the modified Delphi technique and Monte Carlo simulations.
• Recent clients include Public Services and Procurement Canada, Shared Services Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Fisheries Canada and Transport Canada.
• Developed and implemented a risk-based oversight framework for Transport Canada’s Aviation Security Directorate – relating to the operations of CATSA.
• Worked with Transport Canada’s Aviation Security Directorate (AvSecOps) on the development of its inspection priorities regime, interacting with all 55 of its national inspectors, in the course of this project.
• Involved with the safety strategies – and SMS activities – of multiple organizations, including those of Transport Canada’s Aviation Safety and Security Division, Fisheries Canada – in relation to its Marine Safety Management System Regulations (MSMSR), as well as the safety strategies and SMS activities of First Air and Aklak Air.
• Has supported important anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing initiatives.
• Delivered strategic consulting services in relation to complex client needs in the areas of Governance, Risk and Controls (GRC), as well as business analysis, change management, etc.
• Has innovated in the area of defining and communicating risk tolerances, to support enterprise-wide core goal attainment.
• Also has served as a part-time instructor with Learning Tree International – instructing in a variety of courses, covering leadership and development, as well as business analysis themes. 

Work Experience 2

Part-time Instructor | Impact Consulting | Ottawa, ON | Apr 2016 - May 2021

Instructed in a variety of learning tree courses in the Learning Tree Leadership & Professional Development and Business analysis streams, covering topics including: 

• Business Analysis Introduction: Defining Successful Projects
• Business Relationship Management: Aligning IT & the Business
• Achieving Success as a New Manager 
• Time Management Essentials
• Executive Leadership Essentials
• Stakeholder Management Essentials
• Business and Report Writing Introduction 
• Management Skills
• Strategic Thinking for Operational Management 
• Management Skills for an IT Environment 
• other

Work Experience 3

Manager Internal Audit Risk and Controls | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Ottawa, ON | May 2006 – March 2007

• Served in the Advisory Services practice, of PricewaterhouseCoopers and was responsible for the provision of internal audit services relating to risk and controls.
• Managed six risk management projects, focusing on Integrated Risk Management Frameworks and ERM.
• Conducted risk and control audits, identifying gaps in governance and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Contributed to the rebuilding of PwC’s Advisory Services Division.

Work Experience 4

Lead Consultant | Impact Consulting | Nepean, ON | July 1989 – April 2006

• Provided diverse consulting services, in the areas of risk management, international finance, business management, and technology management – in support of the successful advancement of over 45 major projects.
• Delivered customized risk management frameworks/ risk management solutions for public and private sector clients.
• Provided support for multiple domestic and international business initiatives on behalf of aerospace sector clients.
• Led initiatives in planning, performance management, and business analysis to drive organizational growth and success.

Work Experience 5

Assistant Vice President Export Credits and Political Risks and Branch Manager | J.H. Minet Canada | Nepean, ON | Sep 1987 – June 1989

• J.H. Minet was a Canadian-based Lloyd’s of London Political Risk Insurance brokerage. At J.H. Minet Canada, Keith Murchison was engaged in high level, one-on-one marketing of political risk insurance.
• Served as Ottawa Branch Manager. Responsible for supervising the activities of a small staff team.
• J.H. Minet was closely aligned with the Merrett syndicate of Lloyds of London – which was extensively involved with underwriting Political Risks, Marine Cargo Risk and Kidnap and Ransom exposures.
• Managed export credit insurance and political risk portfolios, overseeing Ottawa operations.
• Crafted insurance solutions for multinational clients facing political risks, in international markets.
• Worked on the delivery of such insurance offerings in Canada and supported applicable claims.
• Remained with J.H. Minet Canada until the closure of its Canadian operation.

Work Experience 6

Section Manager Export Finance and Insurance AND Corporate and International Risk Manager | Bell Canada International | Ottawa, ON | May 1983 – July 1987

• Bell Canada International (BCI) had no Canadian-based revenues, but served as the offshore operations, maintenance and consulting arm of Bell Canada Enterprises – with international operations in nearly 90 countries.
•  Led export finance and insurance functions – supporting global expansion, following BCI’s success in winning the largest Canadian, all services export contract to that time – the massive, US$1.5B SA-TDF contract, between BCI and the Ministry of Post, Telephone and Telegraph of Saudi Arabia (MOPTT).
• Served as BCI’s Corporate and International Risk Manager – reporting to the Director of Finance and later the Chief Financial Officer.
• The Corporation had branch operations in Iraq – during the Iran-Iraq war, and thus, BCI faced an uncommonly-complex array of political risks, as well as contractual and operational exposures.
• Other specialized, or strategic tasks undertaken included:
  • Management of the firm's corporate and export risks.
  • Enterprise Risk Management implementation across all domestic and foreign operations.
  • Temporary Controller of the Saudi project.
  • Development and implementation of corporate Emergency Management Plan.
  • Threat and Risk Assessment work – with specific responsibilities for physical security matters.
  • Direct responsibility for the development, establishment, and maintenance of BCI’s safety strategy and oversight relating to BCI’s Safety Management System (SMS).
• Asset management of BCI’s two corporate jet aircraft – a Gulfstream 4 and a Dassault Falcon 20F – based in Saudi Arabia.
• Corporate budgeting, forecasting and results analysis, including some project management and some treasury work.

Work Experience 7

Manager Export Finance | Northern Telecom | Mississauga, ON | June 1982 – July 1983

• Managed export financing operations, structuring deals with financial institutions for large-scale international contracts.
• Secured financial backing for global contracts, optimizing terms and collaborating with international clients – assembling export finance and insurance packages necessary to the success of over 100 bid initiatives.
• Received a letter of commendation from the President for his role in winning a major, European, packet data networking contract.
• Undertook credit risk management for trade receivables.
• Remained with Nortel until its sister company – Bell Canada International (BCI) – won a massive 5-year, US$1.5B contract with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Keith Murchison accepted a group internal transfer and promotion to BCI, at this time.

Work Experience 8

Assistant Credit Officer later promoted to Credit Officer | Export Development Canada | Ottawa, ON | Aug 1979 – July 1982

• Worked in the East South America Division 
• Undertook marketing responsibilities for EDC's export lending and insurance services, directed towards exporting firms across Canada and buyers throughout the east side of South America. 
• Strong contacts were forged – spanning the financial, insurance, exporting, industrial, development aid and government communities. 
• Conducted political, business and credit risk assessments for export credit transactions.

Work Experience 9

Course Assistant and Research Assistant | Dalhousie University | Halifax, NS | Sept 1978 – May 1979

• Keith Murchison took on two separate, part-time positions as a Course Assistant and as a Research Assistant, each relating to operations research/ management of technology.

Work Experience 10

Research Assistant | Queens University | Kingston, ON | Sept 1976 – May 1978

• Keith Murchison assisted the Dean of the School of Business and a professor of production management in an extensive research study, identifying working strategies found to foster success in the Canadian manufacturing sector. This research was published as an article Why Manufacture in Canada in the Western Business Quarterly.

Education

• Master of Business Administration | Dalhousie University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Sept 1978 – May 1979
  • Concentrations: International Finance, International Business, and Management of Technology
• Bachelor of Commerce, Honors | Queens University | Kingston, ON | Sept 1974 – May 1978
  • Specializations: Marketing and Operations Research

Certification

• RIBO Designation | Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario | April 1988 – May 1990
  • Licensed for risk management consulting and insurance brokerage services, in Ontario.

Security Clearance

• Level: Secret level II
• File No.: 95338771
• Expiry: January 24, 2027

Languages

• English, French (a bilingual certification was attained during Keith Murchison’s tenure with EDC).