Sheri Meyerhoffer is a Canadian lawyer and the

Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) is a Canadian ombudsman that investigates ethical violations. Activities and history CORE was established in April 2019, with the appointment of lawyer Sheri Meyerhoffer to the office ...

Early life and education

Meyerhoffer was born in

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. She studied law at the

University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Universities in Canada, Canadian public university, public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatch ...

and a graduated with a master's degree in public administration from the

Harvard Kennedy School The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

in 2018.

Career

Meyerhoffer worked as lawyer for

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and Amoco Canada Petroleum Company; and as a lobbyist for the

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, before working as a self-employed oil and gas consultant. She joined the

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in 2006, before working for the

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in Nepal until 2017. Meyerhoffer escaped the Nepal earthquakes uninjured. She was appointed by

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as the first

in 2019, tasked with investigating corporate ethics allegations.

References

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