Appraisal Institute of Canada appoints Keith Lancastle as CEO

The Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) has appointed Keith Lancastle as its CEO, effective Sept. 19, 2011.
Lancastle has more than 25 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. Most recently, he led the Forest Products Sector Council (FPSC) as their first executive director. While at the FPSC, he was responsible for providing overall strategic management and leadership contributing to the development, establishment and funding of complex, pan-Canadian projects and initiatives.
Lancastle spent six years as the first executive director of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF), and represented the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance – a federation of agricultural exporters – in Geneva and in Canada during the final stages of the Doha Round of World Trade Organization negotiations.
His career also encompassed employment with the Automotive Service and Repair Association (Alberta), the Canadian Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) Council and the CARS Institute, where he held the position of executive director.