Commissioner Greg O'Malley - Chair
Born and raised in the North End of Halifax, a resident of District 10, Greg is a senior technology leader who holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Computer Science from Dalhousie University, as well as the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation, the only international certification mark representing adherence to the ethical canons of the profession.
Greg has an extensive history of accomplishments, working in the private and public sector leading technological and business transformation initiatives, providing strategic advisory services, threat and risk management, cyber security advisory, and project management focused on large mission critical infrastructure projects.
As an active member of his community, Greg is also involved in volunteer board work and membership in a variety of organizations including Board of Directors - Canada Games Centre (Chair), Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada & Atlantic, past Board Director), United Way, and organized minor sport. Outside of work, Greg enjoys spending quality time with his family, cycling (road and gravel), skiing, golf, and appreciating the beauty of our great province.
Commissioner Becky Kent - Vice Chair
Commissioner Tony Mancini
Commissioner Virginia Hinch
Commissioner Yemi Akindoju
Yemi Akindoju is President of Vanity Fashions Limited, a privately owned and operated Canadian company founded in 1989 and a leader in the fashion jewellery industry. Prior to this, Yemi worked with Scotiabank for 12 years, where he retired as a senior client relationship manager – commercial banking. Immediately prior to immigrating to Canada in 2001, Yemi was a Senior Executive at Sterling Bank (Nigeria) Plc.
Yemi holds an accounting diploma and an MBA (Banking and Finance) from Nigeria, he is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) 1991. He has over 35 years’ experience in the financial services industry including commercial and retail banking, microfinance, accounting, treasury management, audit, and assurance. Yemi commenced his career as an audit trainee before transitioning into banking where he provided professional support to mid-market corporate and small businesses. Yemi has been recognized for his creativity and fresh perspective in solving problems for his clients. As a senior executive, he was responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading all lines of business that served small businesses, retail, and commercial clients.
A very active member of his community in Halifax, outside of work, Yemi enjoys spending quality time with his family, swimming, and golfing. Yemi is also involved in community work through volunteer board and membership in the following organizations; Board of Directors - Canada Games Centre (Immediate Past Chair); Board Member (Treasurer) - Black Business Initiative (Current); and Volunteer, Member Standing-in-the-Gap (Help for Homeless).
Commissioner Vincent Beswick-Escanlar
Vincent Beswick-Escanlar is a family physician, flight surgeon and specialist in public health and preventive medicine. As a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, he has international clinical experience spanning operations in Afghanistan, the Arctic, the Middle East and aboard ship in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. In progressive roles from primary care physician to medical officer of health, Vincent has had the honour to collaborate across a full breadth of health professionals and community leaders in deployed field, ship and domestic clinic settings. He has served on community health advocacy committees, as well as on national bodies like the National Advisory Committee on Immunisation and the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health, and international medical and scientific bodies amongst NATO and other allies.
Vincent credits his time as an auxiliary police constable in Fredericton in part for leading him towards specialising in public health and preventive medicine. Working in the clinic or emergency room, it can be hard to recognise the back story reality or root causes that drive illness or injury. But meeting people out where they actually live and work, you see more of the picture: policing brings a social perspective sometimes missed in clinical practice. Vincent also traces his focus on the social determinants of health to his experience with municipal planning departments and transit advocacy groups in Canada and the US, where he worked to bring a medical, evidence-informed lens to improving the health of communities, the quality of public services and the built environment.
Vincent was born in Calgary to immigrant parents from the Philippines and grew up mainly in Regina, but married into an east coast family. He continues to practice family medicine in the military as well as in community health centres, and holds teaching appointments in public health and preventive medicine in universities in Canada and the US. Vincent lives in District 9 with his wife and two kids. He runs awkwardly, cycles slowly and skates poorly, but writes fairly legibly (for a doctor) and reads relatively quickly.
Commissioner Brian Carter
Born and raised in Truro NS. Served as a member of the RCMP for 25 years. Postings were all over Cape Breton then served Bedford, Lr Sackville, Halifax, Tantallon and Cole Harbour for 18 years of his service. Expertise in the RCMP was surviving armed encounters, training officers from multiple agencies across Canada. Has been qualified by the Supreme Court of NS as an expert in the use of force. Brian has also served in Haiti on a UN mission responsible for training 5000 Haitian National Police in charge of their firearms program.
Later was security manager for Bell Aliant, a policing consultant for NS Department of Justice and security manager at Mount Saint Vincent University.
Brian has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from St Mary’s University in Political Science and Criminology. He also has a lifetime designation as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) from the American Society of Industrial Security. Has completed all the course materials for a master’s in education, focused on police education.
Brian Also served on the NS Mass Casualty commission, providing several documents including recommendations and a panel participant on four occasions.
Enjoys international travel with his wife and his three adult children. He is an Alpine ski race coach, enjoys boating, snowmobiling and just being outdoors. Brian is a recipient of the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers for his years of volunteering in sports and the community.