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

June 6, 2008
Ottawa, Ontario

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

Susan Cartwright, currently Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, effective June 16, 2008.

Claude Carrière, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, becomes Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office, effective June 16, 2008.

Serge Dupont, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Finance Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, effective June 16, 2008.

Don Head, currently Senior Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada, becomes Commissioner of Corrections, Correctional Service of Canada, effective June 27, 2008.

The Prime Minister took the opportunity to thank Monique Boudrias, Kathy O'Hara and Keith Coulter, who are retiring from the Public Service, for their dedication and excellence in serving Canadians over the years, and to wish each of them all the best in their future endeavours.

Biographical notes attached.

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SUSAN CARTWRIGHT

Education

Master of Arts, University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Victoria

Professional Experience

Since February 2007
Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office

2006 - 2007
Associate Deputy Minister of Health

2006
Assistant Secretary, Accountability in Government, and then Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat

2005 - 2006
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Security & Justice, Treasury Board Secretariat

2003 - 2005
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat

2002 - 2003
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

1999 - 2002
Director General, European Union, North and West Europe Bureau, Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1996 - 1999
Ambassador, Republic of Hungary, Republic of Slovenia and Albania, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993 - 1996
Senior Departmental Advisor to the Minister of International Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1993
Deputy Senior Advisor, Resource Planning and Management Secretariat, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1982 - 1992
Foreign Service Officer (Nairobi, Melbourne, Lagos and Mumbai), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1981
Trade Commissioner, Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce

1978 - 1981
Positions with Vaughan Willms in Toronto and the Ministry of the Environment (Government of British Columbia)


CLAUDE CARRIÈRE

Education

Master of Economics, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

Professional experience

Since January 2008
Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources

2004 - 2008
Minister (Economic) and Deputy Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

2003 - 2004
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade, Economic and Environmental Policy Branch, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1999 - 2003
Director General, General Trade Policy, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1996 - 1999
Director, Market Access for Goods, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1994 - 1996
Director, Technical Barriers to Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1990 - 1994
Counsellor, Trade Policy, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1987 - 1990
Deputy Director, Trade Relations with U.S.A., Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1985 - 1987
First Secretary, Mission of Canada to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Geneva, Foreign Affairs and International Trade

1980 - 1985
Trade Policy Officer, GATT Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade



SERGE DUPONT

Education

International Diploma, Public Administration, École Nationale d'Administration, Paris
Master of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Management Sciences (Operational Research), University of Ottawa

Professional Experience

Since June 2006
Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance

2005 - 2006
Director General, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance

2001 - 2005
Director General, Tax Policy Branch (Analysis), Department of Finance

1999 - 2001
Director General, Corporate Governance, Industry and Science Policy Sector, Industry Canada

1997 - 1999
Corporate Secretary, Industry Canada

1996 - 1997
Special Advisor, Office of the Deputy Minister of Finance

1993 - 1996
Finance Counsellor, Canadian Embassy in Paris

1991 - 1993
Chief, Current Economic Conditions, International Trade and Finance Branch, Department of Finance

1990 - 1991
Senior Analyst, then Acting Chief, Strategic Planning, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

1990
Special Assistant to Deputy Minister, Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs of Canada

1989
Representative of Public Service of Canada, International Program, École Nationale d'Administration, Paris

1986 - 1989
Analyst, Privatization Directorate, Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs

1983 - 1986
Researcher, Energy Policy Research Group, then Special Assistant, Office of the Chairman, Economic Council of Canada



DON HEAD

Education

Technical Diploma, International Correspondence Schools
Various University Courses, University of British Columbia, Fraser Valley College and Queen's University

Professional Experience

Since March 2005
Senior Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada

2004 - 2005 (Assigned)
Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada

2002 - 2004
Senior Deputy Commissioner, Correctional Service of Canada

1998 - 2002
Assistant Deputy Minister, Saskatchewan Corrections and Public Safety (Government of Saskatchewan)

1995 - 1998
Superintendent, Whitehorse Correctional Centre then acting Director, Community and Correctional Services, Yukon Justice Department

1993 - 1995
Assistant Warden Correctional Programs, then Acting Deputy Warden (Joyceville Institution), Correctional Service of Canada

1992 - 1993
Regional Administrator Community and Institutional Operations, Regional Headquarters (Ontario), Correctional Service of Canada

1990 - 1992
Regional Administrator, Planning, Administration and Informatics, Regional Headquarters (Ontario), Correctional Service of Canada

1988 - 1990
Assistant Regional Administrator, Unit Management and Correctional Operations, Regional Headquarters (Ontario), Correctional Service of Canada

1987 - 1988
Director, Community and Correctional Services, Yukon Justice Department

1978 - 1987
Various positions, Correctional Service of Canada

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