Malcolm Mercer was appointed administrator of the Thunder Bay Police Services Board by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission in April 2022. His appointment is effective until March 31, 2024. 

Mr. Mercer is the Chair of the Law Society Tribunal. He has spoken and written regularly on legal ethics. He is an adjunct professor of Osgoode Hall Law School teaching legal ethics and a member of the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics. He was previously an elected bencher and Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario, Chair of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ethics and Regulatory Team Lead for the CBA Futures Project, General Counsel to and litigation partner of McCarthy Tétrault LLP and member of the Immigration Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board.