2025 Board nominations and elections
Board nominations and elections
Nominations for our Board of Directors are now open until November 28, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
Important Dates
| November 3, 2025 | Application Period Opens |
| November 28, 2025 | Application Period Closes |
| March 24, 2026 to April 14, 2026 | Director Election Voting Period |
| April 23, 2026 | AGM: Elected Directors announced |
Who can apply?
Detailed Eligibility and Qualification Requirements are outlined in the Candidate Application Package on pages 7 and 8.
The Nominating Committee reviews and evaluates nominations and determines which qualified candidates they will recommend to the Membership for election. The Nominating Committee has engaged an external advisor to assist the Committee with the nomination process. All qualified candidates, whether recommended or not, may stand for election.
Apply to Join Meridian’s Board of Directors
Before You Begin
- It is recommended that you set aside 45 to 60 minutes to complete the form.
- To get a sense of what this form will ask of you, please review the Candidate Application Package.
- Ensure you have the information listed below at hand:
- Your current CV/Resume and cover letter (in Word or PDF format)
- Names of three references and their email addresses
About the Nomination and Election Process
Meridian Board Members are generally elected for three-year terms. Every year Meridian holds Board Elections to fill vacancies for expired terms or to fill other vacancies that may have occurred.
Each year, the Board of Directors appoints a Nominating Committee who is responsible for ensuring the integrity and quality of the Director nomination and election process and for ensuring that candidates are well informed about the process. The Committee is also responsible to recommend to the Membership those candidates who are best qualified to serve Meridian as a Director to have a high performing Board.
The Application Period generally runs during the month of November. The Nominating Committee may engage an external advisor to assist the Committee with the nomination process. Shortlisted qualified candidates are invited to be interviewed by the Nominating Committee in February.
After the interview process has been completed, the Committee makes a recommendation to the Members of the best qualified candidates to fill the required vacancies. All qualified candidates, whether recommended or not, may stand for election.
Meridian’s elections are conducted via electronic voting in March & April.
The successful candidates are announced at Meridian’s Annual General Meeting, which will be held on April 23, 2026. Nominations are not received from the floor, nor does any voting for Directors take place at the Annual General Meeting.
Important Links
- Candidate Application – click here to apply
- Candidate Application package – view only
- Nomination and Election Process Policy
- Duties of Directors Policy
- Director Code of Conduct and Ethics & Conflict of Interest Policy
- Corporate Governance Framework
Still Have Questions?
Please contact our Returning Officer at returning.officer@meridiancu.ca.
Diversity & Inclusiveness
Meridian’s Board recognizes and embraces the benefits of diversity in Board members. The following “Statement of Intent” was unanimously adopted by Meridian’s Board:
Meridian recognizes and embraces the benefits of diversity in Board members. A truly diverse Board will include and make good use of differences in the skills, regional and industry experience, background, race, gender and other attributes of Directors. These differences will be taken into account in determining the optimum composition of the Board. Board members who are recommended for election will be based on those best qualified while taking into account broad diversity required to represent our Membership of today and tomorrow.