Jane Halford has been appointed to a four-year term as chair of Farm Credit Canada.
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau picked her after serving as a director since 2014.
Halford was director of practice review for the Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants from 2003 to 2005, was promoted to chief executive officer there and executive director for the Chartered Accountants' Education Foundation from 2005 to 2013.
She owns Halford Consulting Inc. which supports boards and executives dealing with leadership transitions and governance issues.
She has also served on multiple agriculture-related boards including the Canadian Angus Foundation, Delta Genomics, and is currently chair of Alpha Phenomics.
