About me
John Scherebnyj, B. Comm., CPA, CGA is President of White Rock Consulting Inc., and a professional accountant with significant experience in finance and management in both the private and public sectors, with a particular focus with First Nations.
Resident in White Rock, British Columbia, John has more than 40 years working experience in the public sector at Health Canada FNIHB as the Finance Manager for FNIHB Ontario Region, as the Regional Director Corporate Services in Indigenous Affairs BC Region and in the private sector. In 1999, John started a successful consulting company and has been providing financial and management services to Federal Government Departments and First Nations organizations in areas such as financial management, financial policy development, human resources, external auditing, Band Management and Third-Party Management.
From April 1, 2009, to August 2013, John was the Secretary-Treasurer for the British Columbia First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). As part of the Officer’s work, he was a financial member of the Tripartite Canada Funding Agreement negotiating team that negotiated a multi-billion-dollar ten-year agreement with Heath Canada. The FNHA Board of Directors has been instrumental in establishing the agreements and processes to transfer resources, records, facilities, assets and staff from the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) British Columbia to the FNHA.
In 2017 John completed a six-month assignment as the CFO for the FNHA and more recently was part of the technical working group for the First Nations Infrastructure Institute which is a proposed legislative organization under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act.
In 2019 John joined the Anishinabek Health Transformation team as a Financial Analyst and is providing the team with financial advice and sharing his experience from lessons learned in the BC First Nation Health Authority health transfer.
John lives in White Rock BC with his wife and enjoys walking, especially on a golf course and playing with his three granddaughters.
