Skip To Content

    Become a board member

     

     

    Connect First and Servus Credit Union's Board of Directors is a passionate group of members with experience as entrepreneurs, business leaders, community advocates, and so much more. They work as a team to serve and represent more than 470,000 members with a laser focus on setting up our credit union for the future and providing value to our membership and communities.

    Every September we ask members to nominate themselves to run in our annual Board of Directors election. While our call for candidates to run in our 2025 directors election has wrapped up, you can still explore the process if you’re thinking about running in the future.

    Starting January 13 until January 31, 2025, you’ll have the chance to shape the future of our credit union by voting for this year’s candidates. Visit our Board Elections page to learn more.

    About the opportunity

    We look for candidates with the following professional/educational designations:

    • Board governance/Cooperative business model understanding
    • Strategic planning
    • Executive leadership
    • ERM/Risk oversight
    • Financial services/expertise
    • Business transformation
    • Audit (internal/external)
    • Regulatory/Legislation and government relations
    • Legal
    • Human relations
    • Entrepreneurial leadership/Small business
    • Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
    • Change management
    • IT/Digital/Data governance
    • Cybersecurity

    In addition to skills and experience we also look for directors who are:

    • Team players
    • Passionate for the credit union system
    • Active in their communities
    • Strategic thinkers
    • Committed to learning, listening, and driving change

    Candidate information

    As a member-owner, you have a chance to run* for the Connect First and Servus Credit Union Board of Directors election and vote for candidates. They happen every year in the fall. Read about the qualifications members must meet to be considered for a position on the Board.

    *Running for the Board depends on having qualifications set out in the Alberta Credit Union Act and Regulations and Connect First and Servus Credit Union Bylaws.