20 — Sunday, January 19, 1992 - Nerth Shore News

HIGH PROFILES

Kenneth Dye puts his stamp on the WCB |

KENNETH DYE is busy
working away on a com-
puter terminal in his
spacious Richmond office
when he glances up to
notice a reporter and
photographer have arrived
for a scheduled interview.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter .

He stands up, extends his right
hand for a handshake and leads
the pair to a sofa.

The British Properties resident,
who recently turned 56, has the
honor of being the first president
and chief executive officer of the
Workers’ Compensation Board
(WCB) of B.C.

And while the titles are high
profile, Dye is probably best
remembered for rhe job he held
prior to coming to the WCB:
auditor general of Canada.

But when Dye came knocking
on federal government ministry
doors wanting to see ‘‘the
books,”’ the welcome mat was not
always put out for him.

*“We were denied information
on certain things. The prime
minister’s office denied us access
to information on the Petrofina
sale,’” says Dye. ‘‘There was a
lack of cooperation at times."’

Dye held the auditor-general’s
post for 10 years.

Government ministry financial
statements, he says, were in a
mess when he first arrived in Ot-
tawa and it took him nearly all of
the 10 years he spent in the job to
straighten that financial mess out.

“By the time 1 got to Ottawa,
things were improving, but the
rules were still so inadequate. It
took us nine years, but we finally
got the accounts cleared un,’’ Dye
says.

Dye is a past president of the
Institute of Chartered Accoun-
tants of B.C. (ICABC) and past
governor of the Canadian Institute
of Chartered Accountants
(CICA).

@ NAME: Xenneth Dye

@ AGE: 56

@ OCCUPATION: President and
chief executive officer of the
Workers’ Compensation Board of
@ RESIDENCE: West Vancouver
@ BORN: Vancouver

e@ FAMILY: Wife Frances, two
daughters, one son

@ EDUCATION: University of
B.C., master’s degree in business
administration from Simon Fraser
University

In 1975, the ICABC awarded
Dye the designation ‘‘Fellow’’ for
distinguished service to the ac-
counting profession.

In addition, Dye was made a
Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Ontario
in 1982 and a Fellow of l’Ordre
des comptables agrees du Quebec
in 1984.

He has also been involved in the
educational aspect of the
chartered accounting field, having
served as chairman of the
Chartered Accountants Course of
Instruction and the Inter-Provin-
cial Education Committee of the
CICA.

Dye was also a member of the
Accounting Advisory Council at
the University of Waterloo in On-
tario and continues to serve as a
member of the advisory board of
the faculty of edministration at
the University of Ottawa.

He was named the WCB’s
president and chief executive of-
ficer on April 1, 1991.

On June 3, 1991, Bill 27, the
Workers’ Compensation Amend-
ment Act, became law and it pro-
vided for a new governing struc-
ture for the WCB to be headed by

- a board of governors.

It replaced the old WCB gov-
erning structure, which was ad-
ministered by an acting chairman
and three commissioners.

The new board of governors
consists of 13 voting and two
non-voting members, one of

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which is Dye. His job is to run the
WCB’s day-to-day operations.

“Specifically, my job is to
translate the governors’ policies
into actions and to lead the staff
in prompt, efficient and fair out-
comes,’’ says Dye.

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ed.””

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NEWS photo Mike Wal fleld

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Board boss Kenneth Dye. Before coming to his current job,. Be
-served as the auditor general of Canada for 10 years.

Dye: In his own words

How did you get the job of
Auditor General of Canada?:
‘They (federal government)
developed a search list and
there were several candidates
invited to come to Ottawa to
be interviewed. At the time, I
was a partner with the
chartered accounting firm that
is now known as Doane Ray-
mond Panneil.

“IT accepted the invitation
and went to Ottawa, not ex-
pecting to get the job, but as it
turned out they ended up of-
fering me the position.”’

What is a routine day Sike for
you at the Workers’ Compen-

sation Board?: ‘‘You start .
pretty early in this job. I'm
here at 7 a.m. and I leave be-
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will still read reports when I
get home.”’

Why did you decide to ‘get into"
the accounting profession?: ‘‘I_
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