The CFL has scheduled a news conference for 11am et where it's expected the league will introduce Randy Ambrosie as its new commissioner. You can watch it live on TSN2 and TSN GO.

He will take over for Jeffrey Orridge, who announced in April he was stepping down in June. Jim Lawson has been serving as interim commissioner since June 15. 

Ambrosie, a native of Winnipeg, spent nine seasons in the CFL as an offensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders, Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Eskimos, where he won a Grey Cup in 1993. 

He was also the secretary of the CFL players' association for two years. 

Ambrosie was one of the final candidates for the job when Orridge was hired in March of 2015. 

Upon retiring from football, Ambrosie became the North American head of sales at HSBC Securities. In 2004, he joined AGF Management Ltd. as its head of sales and marketing and two years later was appointed president of AGF Funds Inc.

After serving as president and CEO of Accretive 360 Inc. (2010-2012), Ambrosie joined MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier — then Canada's oldest investment firm — as president and CEO. The company was sold in 2016 to Raymond James.

Files from CP were used in this report.