Matthew Yap is a Director of the Department of Justice and the Superintendent of Securities since 2020. Mr. Yap also oversees land titles, business corporations, non-profits, co-operative associations, and personal property security in the Northwest Territories. He serves on several committees and is a voting member of the North American Securities Administrators Association.
Mr. Yap is a graduate of the University of Toronto, University of Southampton, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto), Osgoode Hall Law School (York University), and the Canadian Army Command & Staff College. Mr. Yap practiced law in Toronto before moving to Yellowknife in 2014 to work for the Government of Northwest Territories.
In addition to practicing law, Mr. Yap is an officer in the Canadian Army, and previously with the British Army. His current posting is with the Canadian Rangers; travelling extensively throughout northern Canada. Mr. Yap volunteers as a Director of the Law Foundation and is an elected member of Executive Committee of the Law Society (Bencher). He is a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.