Canadian HR Reporter

CANADIAN HR REPORTER JUNE 2018 8 NEWS Ontario's HRPA welcomes new CEO Louise Taylor Green takes reins in June after leaving Economical Insurance BY SARAH DOBSON WITH only a weekend between old job and new, Louise Taylor Green becomes the new CEO of the Human Resources Profes- sionals Association (HRPA) in Ontario on June 4. She replaces Bill Greenhalgh, who resigned as CEO in Septem- ber 2017, and Gary Monk, HRPA vice-president of finance and IT, who subsequently assumed the role in an interim capacity. "Anybody who knows me is keenly aware of my passion for professional HR practice," said Taylor Green, citing her involve- ment with HRPA since 1997 and her advocacy for the profession- alization of HR for more than 20 years. "I can see the great work that HRPA has done in advancing the HR profession since the Regis- tered Human Resources Profes- sionals Act came into effect in 2013, and from that I see greater opportunity to advance both reg- ulatory and professional practice. So, it's a very appealing opportu- nity for me because the mission of HRPA really speaks to me." e regulatory association is setting the standards of learning, competence and conduct for its members, always striving to en- hance the standing of the HR pro- fession while protecting the public — an ambitious agenda, she said. "I'm very excited to get started." HRPA has an evolving strategy that is underpinned by an ambi- tious regulatory advancement agenda, said Karen Stone, chair of the HRPA board. "We were searching for a new chief executive with a passion for professional HR who will bring the organization to the next level," she said. "Louise is a seasoned senior ex- ecutive who brings a proven track record of successful business and culture transformations in a broad range of heavily regulated indus- tries. She is absolutely the right person to move the organization forward at this important time." Taylor Green leaves her role as senior vice-president and CHRO at Economical Insurance in Wa- terloo, Ont. Previously, she was executive director of the National Nursing Assessment Service, and prior to that, she was executive vice- president of corporate affairs and strategy and CHRO for Hamilton Health Sciences — an academic teaching hospital system. Before moving into health care, Taylor Green spent more than six years in co-operative financial services as vice-president of re- tail banking and CHRO at First- Ontario Credit Union. She also spent 11 years at Can- ada 3000 Airlines in Canada and the United States. Taylor Green is a regulated HR professional. She holds the Certified Human Resources Pro- fessional (CHRP), Certified Hu- man Resources Leader (CHRL), and Certified Human Resources Executive (CHRE) designations, and is also a certified management consultant and professionally cer- tified coach. Furthermore, she holds an MBA from Athabasca University and completed the human resources management program at McMas- ter University. Taylor Green also served on HRPA's board for six years and was a member of the task force that developed the association's professional competency frame- work, said Bonnie Seidman, chair of the CEO search committee. "e search committee was in- credibly impressed with Louise's background and experience," she said. "She's been in the public and private sector, has worked under all provincial and federal employ- ment legislation; she's run large operational functions, she's been a P&L (profit and loss) owner; she's run strategy and she's recog- nized as a truly transformational HR executive." "We're delighted that we were able to attract a candidate of Lou- ise's calibre." Being a professional practitio- ner with broad experience and deep business insights provides an opportunity to think about her service to HRPA in two ways, said Taylor Green. One is running the organiza- tion, with "an amazing staff," and the other is the external man- date for the role, "which is really protecting the public, the gov- ernance, professional practice requirements and really being of service to our membership and our chapter leadership," she said. HRPA cancelled its member- ship with the former Canadian Council of Human Resources As- sociations — now Chartered Pro- fessionals in Human Resources (CPHR) Canada — in 2014. Taylor Green said she hopes to broaden the conversation by en- gaging and forming relationships with peer organizations across the country. "Together, I think we need to think about how workplaces are increasing in their complexity and how labour models are changing and how we believe the profes- sion of HR will need to change and what professional practice looks like a generation from now," she said. "Because if we can be think- ing that far ahead, there's lots of good work to do together to think about how we uphold the stan- dards of professional practice, and ensure appropriate qualifi- cation and efficiency for those choosing to invest their profes- sional lives in the practice of HR management." Louise Taylor Green is the new CEO of the Human Resources Professionals Association in Toronto. Credit: HRPA

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