Roy Cullen

Born in 1944 in Montreal, Roy Cullen earned his B.A. in Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration. He qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1972. During his career, Mr. Cullen served as an assistant deputy minister in the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and as a vice-president in the Noranda Forest Group (now Norbord). Initially elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa in a by-election in 1996, he was re-elected in the 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2006 general elections, and retired as a member of Parliament in 2008.

As a member of the Chrétien and Martin governments, Mr. Cullen served as chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance and to the deputy prime minister and the minister for public safety and emergency preparedness, and as chair of the Ontario Liberal caucus. He has also served as Official Opposition critic for natural resources. He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of Canada in 2004.

During his tenure as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance, Mr. Cullen was actively involved in designing and implementing Canada's anti-money-laundering regime. Since being elected Mr. Cullen has been very active with the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) in the international fight against corruption and money laundering. He has spoken out on these scourges and has played a leadership role at several anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering workshops and conferences.

Mr. Cullen lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife, Ethne. They have one son, Peter.