Renée Amilcar is the City of Ottawa's new general manager of transit services, replacing longtime municipal employee and OC Transpo boss John Manconi who is retiring at the end of this month. Amilcar, who officially starts Oct. 18, has been selected after "an extensive, international executive search" to fill the position, according to a city memo sent Monday to Ottawa's mayor and city council. She currently sits on three boards: Concours musical international de Montréal, Centre patronal SST and the Montreal Student Foundation. Manconi, after a 32-year career with the City of Ottawa, leaves his post Sept. 30 amid a couple of recent LRT derailments currently placing pressure on the department and the city. "The LRT file will remain a top priority in my office both during the transition and afterwards," said Kanellakos.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2021 17:16 UTC