Ms. Anne McFarlane is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Institute for Health Information in Western Canada. The Western Office is responsible for CIHI activities in the four western provinces and the three territories. CIHI offices in Western Canada are located in Victoria and Edmonton.

Ms. McFarlane holds an MSC in epidemiology and a MA in philosophy. She has 20 years experience in working in the Ministries of Health, Education, Finance and Social Services for the Governments of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Her most recent positions with the BC Ministry of Health included Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for Policy, Planning, Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations, Executive Financial Officer and Director of Pharmacare. Anne has served on the Medical Services Commission, the board of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the board of Providence Health Care, the board of the Canadian Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, the Funders Forum of the Cochrane Collaboration and has chaired the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Committee on Health Services (ACHS). She is currently a member of the Canadian Cochrane Advisory Committee and the BC Health Education Foundation.