Diane McArthur is a recently retired public servant. She was the first ever Chief Talent Officer of the Ontario Public Service where she chaired the Ontario Public Service Commission and spearheaded a strategic plan to modernize the public service. Prior to this, she was the Executive Lead for the Secretariat supporting the Premier’s Advisory Council on Government Assets. The Secretariat worked with ministries to successfully implement one of the largest IPO's in Ontario's history and most significant reform of beverage alcohol retailing since prohibition.
Diane’s previous executive roles include Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Officer of Ontario Public Drug Programs, where she oversaw the administration of the second largest drug insurance program in North America; Assistant Deputy Minister of the Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat; Executive Coordinator of Health and Social Policy in Cabinet Office.
Diane has extensive experience in health human resource policy and planning for health care provider training, education, supply and distribution initiatives, data and health information planning and analysis, health care provider negotiations, rural health policy, labour relations, and service delivery restructuring. She is currently a board member of CorHealth, which provides strategic leadership to improve cardiac, stroke and vascular care in the province, and of Belmont House, a charitable, non-profit home for seniors offering long-term care and retirement living. Diane’s previous Board experience includes the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (Audit Committee member), the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (Chair, Audit and Finance Committee), and the Michener Institute of Canada.
Diane has a Bachelor of Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax and an MBA from the University of Ottawa. She received her ICD.D designation in June 2018.