Mr. McArdle is an experienced Governance expert. His varied experience in private practice and the corporate world helps Boards of Directors and Management with a variety of governance-related matters. He has spent over 10 years in private practice in Toronto and 25 years in senior positions with Export Development Canada (EDC), a federal Crown Corporation.

Mr. McArdle was Secretary of EDC’s Board of Directors for 17 years as well as a Senior Vice President for 12 years. His roles as Senior Vice President at EDC included being Chief Advisor to the President, as well as being responsible for a wide variety of aspects of EDC. These included (i) Government and Stakeholder Relations, (ii) Communications, (iii) Corporate Strategy and Planning, (iv) Corporate Social Responsibility, (v) Legal Services, and (vi) the creation of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office at EDC. Mr. McArdle was also responsible for EDC’s Legislative Reviews, Special Examinations by the Auditor General of Canada, and the establishment of FinDev Canada, a Crown corporation created as a subsidiary of EDC, the mandate of which is to conduct development financing in emerging economies.

Mr. McArdle is a graduate of Western University and Columbia University’s Senior Executive Program as well as the Canadian Securities Course. He is currently a Faculty Member of the Canada School of Public Service and has been facilitating the Orientation Course for Crown Corporation Directors since 2015.