Board nominations and elections

Nominations for our Board of Directors will be open from November 26 to December 18, 2024.

Download our Candidate Application Package (PDF, 3 MB)

Nominations are due by Wednesday, December 18, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. EST.

The Nominating Committee has engaged a recruitment firm, who will review all applications and recommend a short list to the Nominating Committee for interviews. The recruitment firm may do preliminary interviews with selected candidates.

Before you begin:

It is recommended that you set aside 45 minutes to complete the form.
To get a sense of what this form will ask of you, click here to see a preview of the full form that you will be completing.
Ensure you have the information listed below at hand:
- Your current CV/Resume (in Word or PDF format)
- Names of three references and their email addresses

Apply to join Meridian's Board of Directors

Meridian Board Members are generally elected for three-year terms. Every year Meridian holds Board Elections to fill vacancies for expired terms or to fill other vacancies that may have occurred.

Meridian’s Nominating Committee is responsible for ensuring the integrity and quality of the Director nomination and election process and for recommending, to the Membership, those candidates who are best qualified to serve Meridian as a Director to have a high performing Board.

Nomination and Election Process

Each year, the Board of Directors appoints a Nominating Committee who is responsible for ensuring the integrity and quality of the Director nomination and election process and for ensuring that candidates are well informed about the process. The Committee is also responsible to recommend to the Membership those candidates who are best qualified to serve Meridian as a Director to have a high performing Board.

The Application Period generally opens in November each year and runs until December. The Nominating Committee may engage a recruitment firm to evaluate all applications received and recommend a short list of qualified candidates to the Nominating Committee for an interview in February.

After the interview process has been completed, the Committee makes a recommendation of the best qualified candidates to fill the required vacancies. Candidates are notified if they have been recommended and can determine if they want to stay on the ballot and participate in the election.

Meridian’s elections are conducted via electronic voting in March & April.

The successful candidates are announced at Meridian’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on April 22, 2025. Nominations are not received from the floor, nor does any voting for Directors take place at the Annual General Meeting.

Successful Candidates are collaborative, community-minded, growth-oriented individuals with demonstrated leadership experience.

Important dates

November 26, 2024 – Application period opens
December 18, 2024 – Application period closes
March 20, 2025 to April 15, 2025 – Director Election voting period
April 22, 2025 – AGM: Successful candidates announced

Important links

Still have questions?

Please contact our Returning Officer at returning.officer@meridiancu.ca

Diversity & Inclusiveness

Meridian’s Board recognizes and embraces the benefits of diversity in Board members. The following “Statement of Intent” was unanimously adopted by Meridian’s Board:

Meridian recognizes and embraces the benefits of diversity in Board members. A truly diverse Board will include and make good use of differences in the skills, regional and industry experience, background, race, gender and other attributes of Directors. These differences will be taken into account in determining the optimum composition of the Board. Board members who are recommended for election will be based on those best qualified while taking into account broad diversity required to represent our Membership of today and tomorrow.