Ross Walker has been a member of Foresters^TM Board of Directors since 1997, and serves as Chairman of the Inspection and Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Board’s Investment and Transition Committees.

A chartered accountant by profession, Ross joined Peat Marwick Chartered Accountants in Calgary, Alberta, in 1956, becoming a partner in 1964. He was managing partner of the firm’s offices in Ottawa and Toronto and specialized in financial institutions and real estate companies. In 1984, Ross was elected Senior Partner and CEO of Peat Marwick and Peat Marwick Consulting Group, and was elected Chairman and Chief Executive of KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne in 1989. In 1993, Ross was appointed Executive Partner of KPMG International in Amsterdam until his retirement in 1996.

In addition to Foresters, Ross is currently Chairman of the Board of Sceptre Investment Council Ltd. and a Director of ING Bank of Canada. He is also Chairman of the University of Waterloo School of Accountancy Campaign, Treasurer and Trustee of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Trust and Director and Treasurer of the Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation. He is past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Past Chairman of the Board of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and Past Chairman of the Board of the Ottawa General Hospital.

Ross and his wife Audrey have four children and live in Ontario, Canada.