David Dingwall - Royal Canadian Mint

Royal Canadian Mint

On February 27, 2003, the Government of Canada appointed Dingwall to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Canadian Mint. His leadership led that organization to increase profitability and posting its first surplus in several years. In the fall of 2005, Dingwall came under scrutiny for having allegedly made excessive expense claims while he was President of the Royal Canadian Mint. In the midst of these allegations, Dingwall resigned from the Mint on September 28, 2005. On leaving the Royal Canadian Mint, Dingwall called for an independent audit which was completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers who found “the expenses fell within the guidelines”. A second independent review by the law firm of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt found that the Mint’s process for monitoring expenses were stricter than those of most private corporations. The twin reports completely exonerated Dingwall. On or about February 4, 2006, retired Superior Court Justice George Adams found that the Government of Canada essentially forced Dingwall out when he released his findings in a binding arbitration ruling.