Alternative ways to address federal contracting issues
Margherita Finn
Director, Procurement Inquiries and Reviews Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
Margherita Finn joined the Public Service in 1990 and has spent all of her career at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), with the exception of 9 month period when she joined the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) to help set-up its operations in 2007. Over the past 25 years Margherita has held various positions at PSPC. She spent 15 years as a procurement officer buying goods and services and selling ammunition and aircrafts to foreign governments. Margherita was a senior Risk Analyst to PSPC's first Chief Risk Officer, and a principal auditor in the Office of Audit and Evaluation. Prior to returning to OPO in April 2014, Margherita was the Director of the Special Investigations Directorate, responsible for conducting administrative investigations into allegations of wrongdoing, impropriety and mismanagement in PSPC.
David Rabinovitch
Deputy Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
David Rabinovitch has been a member of the Federal Public Service since 1998 and has over 30 years of private and public sector experience leading and managing teams. He has been the Deputy Procurement Ombudsman for the Government of Canada for the past 5 years, after serving in executive capacities in the Finance Branch at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Oversight Branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), and the Real Property Branch at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).