Speakers

Michelle Carr was appointed Commissioner and CEO of the BCER on Nov. 15, 2021. In these roles, Michelle is the strategic and operational leader and carries out statutory accountabilities as Commissioner.

Michelle is passionate about innovation, regulatory excellence, reconciliation, governance and empowering leadership. She has over 29 years of expertise in regulatory oversight, industry and government relations, leading organizational transformation and public policy. Before coming to the BCER, Michelle held diverse executive portfolios in the B.C. Public Service, overseeing transformational change.

Michelle came to the BCER as Assistant Deputy Minister from the former Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation where she was provincial executive accountable for the $40 billion LNG Canada facility and associated Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline, the largest private sector investment in Canadian history.

From January 2017 to October 2018, Michelle was the Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager of the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, accountable for oversight of public safety and public interest of liquor and cannabis control and licensing of $2B industry comprised of hospitality, retail and manufacturing businesses. Michelle oversaw the development of the first-ever non-medical cannabis retail regime in B.C.

Michelle spent almost four years as Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Lead with B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office leading the Operations Division, where her team conducted environmental assessments for projects worth an estimated $121 billion in potential capital investment as the first significant one-window regulator for major projects.

Michelle obtained her ICD.D designation through the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2023, holds Master and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Geography from the University of Victoria and received a Certificate in Advanced Leadership from the UBC Sauder School of Business Executive Program.