News Release

From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN THE SENIOR RANKS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE

October 11, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:

Rodney Monette, currently Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, becomes Interim Comptroller General of Canada, effective October 27, 2007. The government will launch an open selection process in order to appoint a permanent Comptroller General of Canada at the earliest opportunity.

Tiff Macklem, currently Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, effective November 1, 2007.

Daniel Jean, currently Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Security and Justice Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat, becomes Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board, effective October 29, 2007.

Ward P.D. Elcock, Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, has been named Coordinator for the 2010 Olympics and G8 Security.

Jocelyne Bourgon, Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office, has been named Distinguished Visiting Professor, Public Administration and Public Service Reform at the University of Waterloo and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Charles-Antoine St-Jean, who is leaving the office of Comptroller General of Canada to accept a position in the private sector, for his valuable contribution to the Public Service and to wish him great success in his future endeavours.

Biographical notes attached.


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RODNEY MONETTE

Education

Chartered accountant, Clarkson Gordon, Chartered Accountants

Masters, Business Administration, University of Ottawa

Bachelor, Science, Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since January 2007
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence

2003 – 2007
Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Services, National Defence

2002 – 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Public Works and Government Services Canada

2001 – 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Government Operational Services, Public Works and Government Services Canada

2000 – 2001
Assistant Comptroller General and Assistant Secretary, Financial Management Policy, Expenditure Analysis and Operations Sectors, Treasury Board Secretariat

1997 – 2000
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Environment Canada

1995 – 1997
Assistant Commissioner, Regional Operations, Prairies Region, Revenue Canada

1992 – 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Manitoba, Western Economic Diversification Canada

1988 – 1992
Director General, Finance and Professional Services, Western Economic Diversification Canada

1985 – 1988
Director, Management Improvement Projects then, Director, Financial Analysis and Program Review, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

1981 – 1985
Analyst, then Senior Analyst, Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

1978 – 1981
Senior Staff Accountant, Clarkson Gordon, Chartered Accountants


TIFF MACKLEM

Education

PhD, Economics, University of Western Ontario

Masters, Economics, University of Western Ontario

Bachelor, Economics, Queen's University

Professional Experience

Since December 2004
Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada

2003 – 2004
General Director, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada

2003
Adviser to the Governor, Bank of Canada

2000 – 2003
Chief, Research Department, Bank of Canada

1996 – 1999
Research Adviser, Research Department, Bank of Canada

1993 – 1996
Assistant Chief, Research Department, Bank of Canada

1989 – 1993
Economist, Research Department, Bank of Canada

1984 – 1985
Economist, Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis, Bank of Canada



DANIEL JEAN

Education

Masters in Business Administration, State University of New York

Bachelor, Social Science (International Relations and Economics), University of Ottawa

Executive Program, Queen's University

Professional Experience

Since 2007
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Security and Justice Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

2006 – 2007
Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

2003 – 2006
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Program Development, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

2000 – 2003
Director General, International Region, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

1995 – 2000
Counsellor (Immigration), Canadian Embassy in Washington, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

1992 – 1995
Director, Immigration Control, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

1992 – 1990
Consellor and Consul, Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

1988 – 1990
First Secretary (Immigration), Canadian Commission in Hong Kong, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

1985 – 1988
Vice-Consul (Immigration), Canadian Commission in Buffalo, New York, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

1983 – 1985
Second Secretary (Immigration), Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Foreign Affairs and International Trade





WARD P.D. ELCOCK

Education

Bachelor, Political Science, Carleton University

LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1975

Professional Experience

Since September 2007
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

2004 – 2007
Deputy Minister of National Defence

2004
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

1994 – 2004
Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1989 – 1994
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council (Security and Intelligence) and Counsel

1983 – 1989
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel),
Privy Council Office

1980 – 1983
Acting General Counsel and then General Counsel, Legal Services, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1979 – 1980
Lawyer assigned to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board

1975 – 1979
Lawyer assigned to Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1973 – 1974
Articling Student, Department of Justice




JOCELYNE BOURGON, P.C., O.C.

Education

Studies in Science and Management

Honorary degrees from:

Mount Saint Vincent University

Queen's University

Ottawa University

Carleton University

Professional Experience

Since 2007
Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office

2003 – 2007
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

1999 – 2003
President, Canadian Centre for Management Development and then Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

1994 – 1999
Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

1993 – 1994
Deputy Minister, Department of Transport

1993
President of the Canadian International Development Agency

1992 – 1993
Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations

1991 – 1992
Associate Secretary to the Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations

1989 – 1991
Deputy Minister, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs

1987 – 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Policy and Communications Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources

1985 – 1987
Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy and Programs, Federal-Provincial Relations Office

1973 – 1985
Held various positions in the Public Service including with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion

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