23 Mar Former Underhill partner Tim Koepke appointed as the Ombudsman/Information and Privacy Commissioner for Yukon
From the Press Release:
An all-party subcommittee created by the Members’ Services Board of the Yukon Legislative Assembly announced on March 23, 2012 that it would be recommending the appointment of Tim Koepke as the Ombudsman/Information and Privacy Commissioner for Yukon.
Tim Koepke is a professional engineer and Canada and British Columbia land surveyor who became a consultant to the federal government Yukon land claim negotiating team in 1987 after 24 years’ association with the Underhill Group of companies, the last 18 of which were spent as a senior partner. His consulting activities included land and resource development projects in British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. He has lived in Whitehorse for 42 years, during which time he has served on the boards of Yukon corporations, numerous professional associations and service organizations. He has been elected a Life Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon and the Association of BC Land Surveyors and as an Honorary Life Member of the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for which he also serves as a Special Examiner.
The full press release can be found here: News-release_2012