Senior Advisor / Deputy Chief of Staff (EC-06 Acting) at Department of National Defence, Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy) (2026-05 – Present)
Serve as a senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy) and Assistant Deputy Minister (Policy-Industry), providing strategic advice, challenge functions, and executive-level support on high-priority departmental and government files.
- Support the ADM (Policy-Industry) in a Chief of Staff capacity, serving as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, managing executive correspondence, coordinating meetings, directing taskings to staff, and ensuring timely preparation of briefing materials and meeting products.
- Coordinate and manage incoming requests and priorities across L0, L1's and externals stakeholders, ensuring issues are appropriately triaged, assigned, advanced and brought forward for ADM consideration and decision.
- Regularly act for the Chief of Staff at the EC-07 level, providing continuity of leadership, oversight and coordination of the ADMO during periods of leave or absence.
- Liaise extensively with L1 offices, the Deputy Minister's Office, Departmental Assistant's Office, and other senior executive offices to coordinate priorities, resolve issues and ensure alignment of departmental advice.
- Lead or provide senior policy support and advice on a range of high-priority files, including the Defence Industrial Strategy, Ukraine military assistance and bilateral relations, economic security, Canada-U.S. defence relations, defence policy, and defence spending.
- Review briefing notes, memoranda, decks, correspondence, speaking points, meeting materials and other products for ADM, DM and Ministerial consideration.
- Provide challenge and quality-control functions on products originating from L1 organizations, ensuring advice is strategically aligned, evidence-based, appropriately coordinated and responsive to executive direction.
- Support senior-level domestic and international engagements, including coordination with defence industry, government, military and other external stakeholders.
- Track and manage multiple competing priorities and emerging issues, identifying risks, required decisions and opportunities for executive engagement.
- Represent the ADM and ADMO in meetings and engagements as required, ensuring issues are advanced and follow-up actions are appropriately assigned and tracked.
- Provide strategic advice to the ADM on emerging issues and stakeholder engagements, synthesizing complex policy, operational and political considerations into concise recommendations for decision.
Defence Policy Analyst (EC-05) at Department of National Defence, Director General Policy Integration, Infrastructure and Environment (2025-09 – 2026-05)
Served as a defence policy analyst within the Director General Policy Integration team, providing strategic policy analysis, briefing and coordination support to senior leadership.
- Drafted and coordinated meeting notes, briefing notes, decks and other executive materials for the Assistant Deputy Minister and Deputy Minister.
- Led the development and coordination of engagement framework for the territorial engagement tables, requiring extensive liaison across multiple L1 organizations and with external municipal, provincial/territorial and Indigenous partners.
- Coordinated departmental input and engagement related to infrastructure planning in the Arctic, including organizing meetings with municipal and territorial partners and coordinating consultation across Infrastructure and Environment and other L1 organizations.
- Served as the lead analyst for Infrastructure and Environment's input into the Defence Policy Update, coordinating departmental stakeholders and working closely with ADM(Policy) to ensure IE priorities, considerations and recommendations were appropriately reflected.
- Briefed at the Director General level on Defence Policy Update issues, providing analysis, recommendations and briefing materials to support senior-level decision-making.
- Developed executive-level decks, briefing materials and other products to support senior leadership engagement on defence policy and infrastructure priorities.
- Liaised with internal stakeholders across the department to identify, analyze and reconcile competing perspectives, ensuring coherent departmental advice and policy positions.
- Regularly acted for the Deputy Director (EC-07), providing leadership and continuity for the team and overseeing the review, quality control and advancement of products from the Engagement and Policy team to the Director General.
- Reviewed and approved materials prior to Director General consideration, ensuring quality, consistency, strategic alignment and adherence to departmental direction.
- Supported senior-level stakeholder engagements by coordinating meeting objectives, briefing materials, participants, logistics and follow-up actions.
- Synthesized complex policy, infrastructure and stakeholder issues into concise advice and recommendations for senior management.
Advisor (EC-05) at Department of National Defence, Deputy Minister's Office (2024-10 – 2025-09)
Served as a strategic advisor within the Deputy Minister's Office, conducting detailed reviews and challenge functions on incoming files and providing recommendations to support Deputy Minister and Associate Deputy Minister decision-making.
- Acted as a primary point of contact for multiple L1 organizations, coordinating information flow, resolving issues and ensuring timely responses to executive requests and priorities.
- Collaborated closely with L1 offices, the Minister's Office and Departmental Liaison Office to develop meeting agendas, coordinate engagements and prepare briefing materials aligned with departmental and ministerial priorities.
- Reviewed, edited and provided challenge on briefing notes, memoranda, correspondence and other products requiring DM, DMA and Ministerial approval.
- Coordinated briefing materials and logistics for Deputy Minister travel and senior-level engagements, including stakeholder coordination, meeting preparation and follow-up.
- Responded to high-priority and emerging issues by rapidly reviewing, synthesizing and prioritizing complex information to enable timely executive decision-making.
- Supported the Deputy Minister in engagements with domestic and international stakeholders, including senior government officials and defence industry representatives.
- Frequently served in an acting capacity for the Chief of Staff to the Associate Deputy Minister (EX-01), providing continuity, oversight and executive coordination during periods of absence.
Special Advisor (AS-05) at Department of National Defence, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (2023-12 – 2024-09)
- Drafted, reviewed and edited briefing notes, memoranda and correspondence requiring CFO, Deputy Minister and Ministerial approval, ensuring accuracy, clarity and strategic alignment.
- Evaluated Treasury Board submissions and Memoranda to Cabinet, providing challenge and recommendations to ensure alignment with departmental priorities and government requirements.
- Led and served as the primary point of contact for Parliamentary Affairs and Cabinet Affairs requests, including PBO requests, Questions on the Order Paper, Question Period notes and appearance binders.
- Managed and coordinated media requests, overseeing tasking, review, editing and approval processes to ensure timely and accurate departmental responses.
- Coordinated with the Deputy Minister's Office on briefings for the Minister, Minister's Office and Deputy Minister, ensuring comprehensive and timely preparation.
- Represented ADM(Fin) at governance meetings and served as a primary liaison between ADM(Fin) and internal stakeholders.
- Provided strategic advice and recommendations to the CFO on Treasury Board submissions, Memoranda to Cabinet, briefing notes and other high-priority departmental files.
- Managed the coordination of policy and financial files, performing a challenge function while liaising with L0 and L1 organizations to ensure strategic alignment and effective communication.
- Assumed an acting Chief of Staff role to the CFO (AS-07) as required, providing leadership, oversight and continuity within the CFO's Office.
- Completed a temporary assignment as an Advisor to the Deputy Minister, serving as a primary point of contact for multiple L1 organizations, reviewing briefing notes, tracking and tasking meeting materials, and coordinating travel and engagement requirements for the DM and Minister.
Data Analytics Advisor (AS-04) at Department of National Defence, Deputy Minister's Office (2022-03 – 2023-12)
- Designed and implemented Power BI dashboards for the Deputy Minister's Office, enabling senior management to monitor information and support evidence-based decision-making.
- Reviewed CAF/DND Event and Hospitality Requests, Individual Travel Authority requests and Delegation of Authority requests to ensure compliance with NJC and FAM policies prior to Deputy Minister or Ministerial approval.
- Drafted approval recommendations for Event and Hospitality, Individual Travel Authority and Delegation of Authority requests requiring Deputy Minister and Ministerial approval.
- Assumed acting responsibilities for various positions within the Deputy Minister's Office, including Deputy Minister's Executive Assistant (AS-06), Associate Deputy Minister's Assistant (AS-04) and Deputy Minister's driver.
- Organized and coordinated domestic and international travel arrangements for the Deputy Minister.
- Drafted briefing notes and Event and Hospitality documentation requiring CFO approval.
