Christopher Paine

Christopher Paine is the Director of Finance and Asset Management for the District of Oak Bay and Principal of FIT Local Government Finance Consulting. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in local government.

Christopher’s work has been the recipient of many awards including a Union of BC Municipality's Community Excellence Award, a GFOA of US & Canada Award for Excellence, and a GFOA of BC’s Outstanding Achievement Award.

Christopher has been a strong proponent of establishing sustainable and equitable funding for local government infrastructure levels of service.

Christopher believes local government financial professionals have a unique opportunity to learn from each other and share experience. Anyone should feel welcome to reach out to him any time.