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

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PM announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service

November 9, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario

STEPHEN RIGBY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts and Public Administration (Honours), Carleton University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since August 2008
President, Canada Border Services Agency

2008
Associate Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs

2006 - 2008
Executive Vice-President, Canada Border Services Agency

2005 - 2006
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office, and then Acting National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Privy Council Office

2003 - 2005
Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Planning Branch, Canada Revenue Agency

2001 - 2003
Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner, Finance and Administration Branch, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

1999 - 2001
Assistant Commissioner, Corporate Affairs Branch, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency

1997 - 1999
Director General, Corporate Affairs Branch, Revenue Canada

1995 - 1996
Director, Corporate Development, Corporate Affairs, Revenue Canada

1992 - 1995
Director General, Corporate Planning, Revenue Canada

1990 - 1992
Director, Program Resource Analysis, Corporate Planning, Customs and Excise

1980 - 1990
Various positions, Customs and Excise

LUC PORTELANCE

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since August 2008
Executive Vice-President, Canada Border Services Agency

2007 - 2008
Deputy Director, Operations, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

2005 - 2007
Assistant Director, Operations, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

2004 - 2005
Assistant Director, Corporate Services, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1998 - 2004
Deputy Director General, Operations, Quebec Region then Director General, Quebec Region, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1996 - 1998
Deputy Director General, Counter Intelligence Branch, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1995 - 1996
Section Chief, Counter Intelligence Branch, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1994 - 1995
Deputy Director General, Operations Support Branch, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1984 - 1994
Intelligence Officer, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

1979 - 1984
General duties, New Brunswick, then Security Service, Quebec Region, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

LOUISE LEVONIAN

EDUCATION

Master of Arts (Economics), Queen's University
Bachelor of Economics, Carleton University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2008
Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada

2007 - 2008
General Director, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada

2007
Special Advisor, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada

2006 - 2007
Director of Operations, Priorities and Planning, Privy Council Office

2003 - 2006
Director, Business Income Tax Division, Finance Canada

2002 - 2003
Departmental Secretary, Deputy Minister's Office, Finance Canada

1998 - 2002
Senior Chief, Strategic, Structural and Quantitative Analysis, Personal Income Tax Division, Finance Canada

2001
Tax Consultant, Barents Group, KPMG

1995 - 1998
Senior Economist, Federal-Provincial Relations Division, Finance Canada

1993 - 1995
Economic Analyst, Expenditure Analysis Division, Treasury Board Secretariat

1990 – 1993
Senior Economic Analyst, Economic Evaluation Branch, Transport Canada

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