Kirsten Tisdale

Biography

Kirsten was appointed Managing Partner of Canada’s government and Public Sector practice in 2016. She also leads British Columbia’s Advisory Services team. Prior to the Canadian GPS appointment Kirsten served as the firm’s Global Government and Public Sector Advisory leader where she sat on the global GPS executive team and drove solution development and investment strategy in the GPS sector in over 100 countries. She also serves as the Global Client Service partner for one of Canada’s largest and most complex accounts. She has nearly 25 years of experience in advising clients in over 20 countries on designing and implementing complex transformation programs. She brings a combination of strategy, hands on complex program execution experience, and a deep understanding in the role of human capital in driving change. Kirsten was a leader in EY’s consulting practice between 1998 – 2000 and joined Cap Gemini Ernst and Young after the split, where we worked for several years in large scale transformation and outsourcing. She left Cap Gemini in 2001 to join the Province of British Columbia as a Deputy Minister reporting to the Premier’s Office responsible for driving public sector transformation. She led a portfolio of over $2.4B worth of projects which delivered over $500M in savings as well as service transformation to the Province.

Research Interest

Other recent leadership experiences include Vancouver Managing Partner for Korn/Ferry and recognized thought leader and frequent speaker on trends in talent management and leadership, board diversity, and public sector governance and transformation. Kirsten currently sits on the boards the BC Women’s Hospital Foundation and the BC Cancer Foundation. She previously served as a Director for Partnerships BC, as chair of their HR and Governance Committee, The Canadian Council for Board Diversity, and was a founding director of the Centre for Outsourcing Research and Education.