[News-releases] TRIUMF Board of Management Announces Plan for Interim Leadership of Laboratory

[Tim Meyer]

News Release | For Immediate Release | Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 9:00 am PDT

TRIUMF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR INTERIM LEADERSHIP OF
LABORATORY

(Vancouver, BC) --- TRIUMF’s Board of Management today announced plans for
interim leadership of the laboratory.  Present director Nigel S. Lockyer
will be leaving TRIUMF and headed to the U.S. Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory as its new director effective September 3, 2013.  Interim
leadership will be provided by the Board and a team of current senior staff.


Paul Young, Chair of TRIUMF’s Board of Management and Vice President of
Research and Innovation at the University of Toronto said, “A clear
structure for accountability and management is required for the period
between Nigel’s departure and the successful recruitment of a new scientific
director. The Board believes the leadership team proposed will provide safe
and smooth operations at TRIUMF for the interim period.”

In its discussions, the Board reviewed the following considerations:

+ The laboratory’s near-term activities and plans are well-defined and
publicly declared in its Five-Year Plan 2010-2015;
+ Effective stewardship of the laboratory in this interim period requires
familiarity and experience with TRIUMF;
+ The senior management team of the laboratory is successful and efficient;
and
+ The Board of Management, representing the university owners of TRIUMF, is
ultimately responsible for the laboratory and its operations and the
fulfillment of the laboratory’s mission. 

To achieve these objectives, an interim-leadership structure composed of a
management team, direct participation by members of the Board, and a new
President and CEO of TRIUMF Accelerators, Inc. will be implemented on August
1, 2013 (thereby providing one-month overlap with the present Laboratory
Director). 

The Board of Management will exercise oversight and control of TRIUMF
through weekly meetings between laboratory management and the Chair of the
Finance Committee of the Board and monthly meetings between laboratory
management and the Chair of the Board. 

The laboratory will manage day-to-day operations using a team of existing
senior staff.  The team will consist of three elements:

1. Scientific and Engineering Leadership Team (including the Heads of the
Science, Engineering, Nuclear Medicine, and Accelerator Divisions);
2. Administrative Leadership Team (including the Chief Financial Officer;
the Head of the Business and Administration Division; the Manager,
Environment, Health and Safety; and the Head of Strategic Planning and
Communication); and 
3. An Interim Chief Executive Officer / Chief Administrative Officer
(CEO/CAO) who will have signing authority for TRIUMF and will be responsible
for the smooth operation and performance of the teams.  This role will be
filled by Jim Hanlon who will be accountable to the Board on a day-to-day
basis for the laboratory. Jim is currently Head of the Business &
Administration Division and Secretary to the TRIUMF Board of Management. 

The new interim President and CEO of TRIUMF Accelerators, Inc. will be Jim
Hanlon.  Other officers remain as they are.  The interim and transitional
arrangement will be operative for six months, or extended following review,
until the next director is appointed.

Nigel S. Lockyer, director of TRIUMF, said, “I know the lab will be in good
hands with this team-based approach.  Jim brings a great deal of wisdom at
building consensus and facilitating group decisions.  I share the Board’s
confidence in the TRIUMF staff.”  Commenting on the role of senior
management in the interim structure, he added, “This model is similar to how
TRIUMF normally operates.  When the plan is clear, it’s best to put the
people doing and managing the work in charge.”

With regard to selecting a new director of the laboratory, the chair of the
Search Committee has been identified and the full committee is being
convened.  The international search will be launched by August 1.  

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Timothy I. Meyer, Ph.D.
Head, Strategic Planning & Communications
TRIUMF -- Accelerating Science for Canada | 
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