Just a week after officially stepping away from provincial politics, former UCP cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer has joined Deloitte Canada as a senior analyst with the firm’s technology, media and telecommunications group.
The former economy minister resigned from cabinet in August and officially stepped down as Calgary-Elbow MLA at the end of the month.
“I am looking forward to working with Deloitte’s leadership team, and utilizing my experience to help businesses and organizations thrive across the Prairies and around the world,” Schweitzer said in a news release.
His focus will be on Deloitte’s Prairie and Western regions, and will support companies as they scale, modernize and adapt to a digital world.
Schweitzer ran to be the first leader of the UCP in 2017, finishing third behind Jason Kenney and Brian Jean. He won his first election in 2019 and was named attorney general and justice minister shortly thereafter.
He was named jobs, economy and innovation minister in 2020 and oversaw the province’s recovery during the pandemic, helping lower Alberta’s unemployment rate to 4.8 per cent in July and spurring record venture capital investment in Calgary’s tech sector as well as further economic diversification.
He was considered a potential candidate to replace Kenney as party leader in the current leadership race, but announced in May that he would step away from politics.
Before his political career, he was a partner at Dentons law firm, specializing in restructuring and bankruptcy.
“Doug’s contributions have been instrumental in setting Alberta back on the path of economic prosperity, by diversifying the province’s industry base and leading job creation and growth,” Steve Winsor, TMT business industry leader of consulting, said in a news release. “We are thrilled to welcome him to the Deloitte team as we continue to serve our TMT industry and clients and help address some of their most pressing issues, supporting them as they uncover new opportunities and transform toward the next frontier in a continually evolving business landscape.”
Sourced from Calgary Sun