Basia Ruta

With a broad-based career of over 37 years, Basia has significant expertise in operations including start-ups, scale ups and major transformation, as well as in leading corporate functions in finance, performance audit, risk management, strategic planning and governance. Basia’s career choices reflect a deep passion in serving the public interest.

Since 2015, she has been providing advisory services to small and medium-sized enterprises, not-for-profits and governments. She helps organizations troubleshoot issues, grow, prosper, create value and make a difference. She has served as Interim Treasurer, Part-time Chief Financial Officer and Special Advisor, including in response to COVID-19. She has also led capacity building programs in performance audits for foreign governments through the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and the United Nations. In addition, she has been helping families and their commercial enterprises navigate the complexities of Powers of Attorney and Estate matters, raising awareness through speaking engagements and mentoring.

Prior to 2015, Basia held positions at the most senior levels in government, including as British Columbia’s Auditor General for Local Government, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Environment Canada, and Assistant Comptroller General, Internal Audit across federal departments. Basia is Founder and CEO of OnPoint Ruta Consulting. Basia holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA) designation. She also holds Chartered Director certification and is an Executive-in-Residence at Sprott School of Business, Carleton University. She is also a certified coach and healer.