New leaders appointed to WSIB
The Ontario government has appointed a new chair and president to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
Grant Walsh will take over the position of chair of the board of directors while Jeffery Lang will take over as president and CEO. They take over leadership of the organization from departing chair Elizabeth Witmer and interim president and CEO Tom Bell.
"I want to thank outgoing Chair of the Board Elizabeth Witmer and outgoing interim President and CEO Tom Bell for completing their terms and for their outstanding leadership, which has improved the long-term financial sustainability of the WSIB,” said Labour, Training and Skills Development Minister Monte McNaughton. “I look forward to working with Mr. Walsh and Mr. Lang to ensure Ontario’s workers and businesses receive the level of support and service that they deserve."
Walsh is a serving board member of the WSIB and was previously the Chairman of Canada Lands Company Limited, a self-financing federal Crown corporation specializing in real estate and development, and attractions management. He also served as the president and CEO of St. Peter’s Health System.
Lang is also a serving WSIB board member, and the president and of CEO of Jetfloat Ltd., a manufacturer of modular floating docking systems and platforms and Exi-Plast Custom Moulding Ltd., a contract plastics manufacturer.
He has extensive experience in employee benefits and pensions practices, as he previously served in a senior management role for one of the largest insurance broking firms in Canada.
“It is a privilege to be nominated to lead the WSIB at such a critical period in the organization’s history,” said Lang. “In the coming weeks and months, I look forward to hearing from and meeting with the workers and families who rely on us most, and the businesses we serve. I also welcome the opportunity to work with Minister McNaughton to drive change within the organization so we can deliver timely, efficient and reliable services for the workers and businesses in our great province.”
In the same announcement, the province also indicated it would nominate Peter George and Sandra Wrycraft to the WSIB’s Board of Directors for the WSIB.