Kenneth M. Dye

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Kenneth M. Dye, MBA (b. 1936) was the Auditor-General of Canada from 1981-1991, under both the Trudeau and Mulroney administrations.

Trained as a chartered accountant at Simon Fraser University, and articled as a clerk with the firm of Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants, of British Columbia. He graduated with his MBA in 1971.

During his term as Auditor-General, Dye reorganized the office to take advantage of new technologies, assisted the governments of China, Australia and Russia in developing their own government auditing bodies.

Upon leaving office in 1991, Dye served as president of the Worker's Compensation Board of BC.

[[As of 2004|Currently, Dye is senior vice-president of the Cowater Accountability Group, a subsidiary of Cowater International Inc. Dye is also the Secretary/Treasurer of Canadian Council on Smoking and Health (CCSH).