- Organization: Bowen Island Municipality
- Posted: March 30th, 2020
The mayor and council of Bowen Island Municipality are pleased to announce that Mr. Liam Edwards has been hired to fill the position of Chief Administrative Officer.
Liam is currently the Executive Director, Infrastructure and Finance, in the Local Government Division of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. He is also Deputy Inspector of Municipalities.
His experience in overseeing major capital projects around the province will serve the Bowen Island Municipality well as there are a number of major capital projects that are ready to launch.
During the past 14 years, Liam has had extensive experience working across all levels of government and gained an in-depth understanding of the current and emerging landscape of local, provincial and federal government processes. In his role as Senior Deputy Inspector of Municipalities, Liam is regularly engaged in multiple challenging issues faced by local governments. He also works closely with multiple governing boards that support local government operations, which are made up of publicly elected officials and appointed expert members, for both public and private sector organizations. Liam has also played a lead role in negotiating the provincial position for various bilateral and tri-lateral funding agreements between provincial, federal, and local governments.
In his current role, Liam has oversight for the local government financial legislation and policy framework, as well as a statutory approval position of ensuring local governments remain fiscally robust to deliver sustainable services.
“Liam’s innovative, collaborative, and integrity-based leadership style will be very helpful in finding solutions to some of the municipality’s more challenging issues,” said Mayor Gary Ander. “We look forward to welcoming him to the team.”
Liam is expected to begin work at Bowen Island Municipality on May 26, 2020, and Dennis Back, Interim Chief Administrative Officer, will continue to fill the role until that time.
