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FRANÇOIS GUIMONT
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Water Resources, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec
Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Université Laval
Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Ottawa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since June 2007
Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Deputy Receiver General of Canada
2005 - 2007
President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
2005
Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services
2002 - 2005
Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Revenue
1999 - 2002
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy, Privy Council Office
1997 - 1999
Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada
1995 - 1997
Regional Director General, Quebec Region, Environment Canada
1992 - 1995
Director General, Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada
1991 - 1992
Director General, Policy and Strategic Planning Branch, Environment Canada
1988 - 1991
Director, Program Analysis and Coordination Branch, Environment Canada
1985 - 1988
Chief, Water Resources Division, Natural Resources and Economic Development Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1982 - 1985
Manager, Arctic Waters, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1979 - 1982
Physical Scientist, Environment Quebec
MICHELLE D’AURAY
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Political Science, University of Ottawa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since July 2009
Secretary of the Treasury Board
2009
Chief Human Resources Officer, Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada
2007 - 2009
Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
2004 - 2007
Deputy Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
2000 - 2004
Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
1999 - 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Management, Canadian Heritage
1996 - 1999
Director General, Communications; then Executive Director, Task Force on Electronic Commerce, Industry Canada
1994 - 1996
Director of Communications, Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office
1990 - 1994
Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs, National Film Board (including assignments in 1992 at the Federal/Provincial Relations Office and in 1993 at the Infrastructure Program, Privy Council Office)
1985 - 1989
Associate Director, then National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts
1981 - 1985
Various positions as Policy Analyst, Research Assistant and writer/editor
YAPRAK BALTACIOĞLU
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, School of Public Administration, Carleton University
Bachelor of Law, Faculty of Law, Istanbul University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since July 2009
Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
2007 - 2009
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
2004 - 2007
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office
2002 - 2004
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Social Development Policy, Privy Council Office
2000 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1999 - 2000
Director General, International Relations, Environment Canada
1997 - 1999
Director General, Strategic Policy, Environment Canada
1995 - 1997
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1993 - 1995
Director, Policy Coordination, Agriculture Canada
1989 - 1993
Various positions at Agriculture Canada and the Public Service Commission
LOUIS LÉVESQUE
EDUCATION
Master of Economics, Université Laval
Bachelor of Mathematics, Université Laval
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since December 2008
Deputy Minister for International Trade
2006 - 2008
Deputy Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs), Privy Council Office
2004 - 2006
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance
2002 - 2004
Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Department of Finance Canada
2001 - 2002
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office
1998 - 2001
Director General, Tax Policy Branch, then Director General, Fiscal and Economic Policy Branch, Department of Finance Canada
1993 - 1998
Director General, Excise duties and taxes, Department of National Revenue (Custom and Excise); then Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Department of Finance Canada
1991 - 1993
Chief, Agriculture, Economic Development Policy Division, Department of Finance Canada
1984 - 1991
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Personal Income Tax and Reform on Sales Tax, Tax Policy Analysis, Department of Finance, Government of Québec
1983 - 1984
Teacher, Mathematics and Informatics, CEGEP François-Xavier Garneau; then Economist, Planning Department, Régie des assurances agricoles du Québec
SIMON KENNEDY
EDUCATION
Directors Education Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Advanced Management Program, INSEAD
Master of Science (Communications Management), S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
Bachelor of Public Relations, Mount Saint Vincent University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since September 2010
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Industry
February - December 2011
Representative of the Prime Minister, Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border Working Group
2008 - 2010
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultations), Privy Council Office
2007 - 2008
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office
2004 - 2007
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Economic and Regional Development Policy,
Privy Council Office
2003 - 2004
Director General, International Marketing, Market and Industry Services Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2001 - 2003
Director General, Policy Planning and Integration, Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri Food Canada
1999 - 2001
Director of Operations, Priorities and Planning, Plans and Consultations, Privy Council Office
1997 - 1999
Senior Analyst, Priorities and Planning, Plans and Consultations, Privy Council Office
1990 - 1997
Various positions in Policy and Communications, Canadian Coast Guard, Transport Canada
MARTA MORGAN
EDUCATION
Master in Public Policy, Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Honours), McGill University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since August 2011
Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Industry Canada
2009 - 2011
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Sector, Industry Canada
2003 – 2009
Vice President, Trade and Competitiveness, Forest Products Association of Canada
2000 - 2001
Director General, Social Policy, Human Resources Development Canada
1997 - 2000
Director, Children’s Policy, Human Resources Development Canada
1993 - 1997
Various positions, Privy Council Office
GUY MC KENZIE
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Law, Université Laval
Notary and Title Attorney Diploma, Université Laval
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since March 2010
President of the Canada School of Public Service
2007- 2010
President of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
2006 - 2007
Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
2004 - 2006
Associate Deputy Head of the Office of Infrastructure of Canada
2004
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office
2001 - 2004
Executive Director of Communication Canada
1998 - 2001
Assistant Secretary, Year 2000 Project, then Assistant Secretary (Infrastructure), Treasury Board Secretariat
1996 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Federal Office of Regional Development (Quebec)
1989 - 1996
Director General, Executive Services, Justice Canada; then Director General, Communications and External Relations, Supply and Services Canada; then Regional Director General, Quebec Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; then Director General, Federal-Provincial and Aboriginal Relations, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada
1986 - 1989
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister and Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Francophone Participation; then Director, Coordination and Strategic Planning, then Director General, Analysis, Planning and Legislation, Program Sector, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
1982 - 1986
Senior Advisor, Corporate Policy, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, then Director, Rights Transfer and Registration, Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration
LINDA LIZOTTE-MACPHERSON
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing and Management (Honours), Carleton University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since October 2009
Commissioner of Revenue
2009
Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada
2005 - 2009
Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board
2004 - 2005
Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Information Technology Services Branch, Public Works and Government Services Canada
2002 - 2003
Inaugural President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Health Infoway
2001
President, Sapient Canada Inc.
1998 - 2000
Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board Secretariat (Executive Interchange)
1994 - 1998
Management Consulting Leader, Financial Services/TRM, American Management Systems, and then President, AMS Management Systems Canada Inc.
1987 - 1994
Various management positions then Professional Services Manager, Prairies, Digital Equipment of Canada, and then Vice-President, SERRATA Consulting Limited
1985 - 1987
Senior Systems Analyst / Project Manager, Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Corporation
1985
Marketing Manager, CAPA Limited
1982 - 1984
Account Manager, Industrial Life Technical Services (IST)
JEAN BOIVIN
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Economics, Princeton University
Master of Economics, Princeton University
Bachelor of Sciences (Economics), Université de Montréal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since March 2010
Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
2009 – 2010
Special Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Canada
2009 – 2010
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
2009
Visiting Professor, INSEAD
2008 – 2010
Full Professor and Chair in Monetary Policy and Financial Markets, HEC Montréal
2006 – 2009
Associate Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
2006 – 2008
Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
2003 – 2008
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
2003 – 2006
Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
1999 – 2003
Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business
WILLIAM F. PENTNEY
EDUCATION
Advanced Management Program, INSEAD
Master of Public Law, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Laws, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Arts, Queen’s University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since September 2010
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultations), Privy Council Office
2008 - 2010
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence
2006 - 2008
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council Office
2005 - 2006
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Justice Canada
2003 - 2005
Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Citizenship, Immigration and Public Safety, Justice Canada
2002 - 2003
Senior General Counsel, Public Law Policy, Justice Canada
2001 - 2002
Associate Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Aboriginal Affairs Portfolio, Justice Canada
1999 - 2001
Director General, Aboriginal Justice, Justice Canada
1991 - 1999
General Counsel and Director of Legal Services, Canadian Human Rights Commission
1983 - 1991
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
