The Atira Women鈥檚 Resource Society says it has named a new interim CEO after former head Janice Abbott stepped down amid a conflict-of-interest controversy involving her husband, former BC Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay.

Atira says its new CEO Catherine Roome is an experienced leader in both the public and private sectors and will head the organization until a permanent replacement for Abbott is found.

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Atira board chair Elva Kim says recruiting Roome is part of its effort to 鈥渞estore public confidence鈥� in the housing provider after Abbott鈥檚 departure earlier this month.

The housing provider says it鈥檚 committed to rebuilding trust with the government, forming a task force to undertake a review of policies around real estate and conflicts of interest.

It says it鈥檚 supportive of an upcoming review by auditing firm KPMG, and has also returned nearly $2 million in funding to the provincial government after an investigation of BC Housing found Ramsay had improperly steered funding to his wife鈥檚 organization.

Roome says in a news release that she looks forward to working to 鈥渞eset and renew鈥� the situation at Atira, and ensure its work to protect women, children and gender diverse people continues.

The Canadian Press

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