Our Associates

John Reed served as the President and CEO of the CAAF from 2016 to 2020 and is now a CAAF associate. Mr. Reed worked closely with the Foundation's community between 2012 and 2020, starting as its Vice-President responsible for performance audit and oversight in 2012. During this time, he led the development of new innovative products, including practice guides, discussion papers and other methodology tools and led the resurgence of CAAF performance audit and oversight training. He worked extensively to support international programming and to secure the new International Governance, Accountability and Performance program with the Government of Canada.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. Reed was a Principal at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG Canada). He joined the OAG Canada in 1996, where he acquired extensive experience in leading performance audits in a number of federal departments and agencies including National Defence, Global Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, and Health Canada. Mr. Reed spent many years leading audits of environmental programs and sustainable development strategies for the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. Mr. Reed also led the OAG's international environmental auditing-related work, including heading the Secretariat of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions.

Prior to joining the OAG, Mr. Reed spent more than a decade in environmental positions in the petroleum industry, with wide ranging responsibilities related to regulatory and public policy development, strategic environmental planning, risk communication, issues management, and environmental auditing. He was a co-founder of the Canadian Environmental Auditing Association and served as its President and Past-President. Mr. Reed also spent three years with Environment Canada as the lead staff negotiator for the United Nations' Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances.