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Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the public service
October 21, 2004
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Paul Martin was pleased to announce today the following changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service:
Ian E. Bennett, currently Executive Director for the Canadian, Irish and Caribbean constituency at the International Monetary Fund, becomes Deputy Minister of Finance, effective November 1, 2004. Mr. Bennett replaces Kevin Lynch who has been appointed Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund.
Mark J. Carney, currently Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada, becomes Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, effective November 15, 2004.
Louis Lévesque, currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Finance Canada, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Finance, effective November 1, 2004.
Christiane Ouimet, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services, becomes Associate Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food, effective November 1, 2004.
Margaret Purdy, currently Visiting Scholar, Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia, becomes Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Transport, effective November 1, 2004.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
IAN E. BENNETT
Date of Birth: June 1948
Education: B.A. (First Class Honours - Economics/Commerce), Simon Fraser University
M.A. (Economics), University of Toronto
Professional Experience
September 2001 to Present
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund representing Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean
September 1996 - September 2001
Associate Deputy Minister of Finance and G7 Deputy for Canada
November 1994 - September 1996
Associate Deputy Minister of National Revenue
1993 - 1994
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office
1989 - 1993
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada
1986 - 1989
Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Development Policy Branch, Finance Canada
1985 - 1986
General Director, Economic Development Policy Branch, Finance Canada
1984 - 1985
Assistant Secretary, Crown Corporations Directorate, Finance Canada and Treasury Board
1983 - 1984
General Director, Economic Programs and Government Finance Branch, Finance Canada
1982 - 1983
Director, Energy and Resource Policy Division, then Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Economic Programs and Government Finance Branch, Finance Canada
1980 - 1981
Assistant Director, Energy and Resource Policy Division, Economic Programs and Government Finance Branch, Finance Canada
1970 - 1980
Occupied various positions in Finance Canada
MARK J. CARNEY
Date of Birth: March 1965
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Harvard University
Master, Phil, Economics, Oxford University
Doctorate, Phil. Economics, Oxford University
Professional Experience:
August 2003 to present
Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
2002 - 2003
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, Toronto, Ontario
2000 - 2002
Vice-President, Investment Banking Services, Goldman Sachs, Toronto, Ontario
1998 - 2000
Vice-President, Corporate Finance, Goldman Sachs, New York, United States
1994 - 1998
Executive Director, Debt Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, London, U.K.
1988 - 1991
Analyst, Goldman Sachs, London, United Kingdom; then Tokyo, Japan Office for a year
LOUIS LÉVESQUE
Date of Birth: July 1959
Education: Master (Economics), Université Laval
Bachelor (Mathematics), Université Laval
Professional Experience
October 2002 to Present
Assistant Deputy Minister, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch, Finance Canada
March 2001 - October 2002
Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Operations, Privy Council Office
July 2000 - March 2001
Director General, Fiscal and Economic Policy Branch, Finance Canada
October 1998 - June 2000
Director General, Tax Policy Branch, Finance Canada
December 1993 - October 1998
Director General, Excise duties and taxes, Department of National Revenu (Custom and Excise); then Director, Personal Income Tax Division, Finance Canada
February 1991 - December 1993
Chief, Agriculture, Economic Development Policy Division, Finance Canada
June 1989 - February 1991
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Reform on Sales Tax, Tax Policy Analysis; then Acting Assistant Director, Tax Policy Analysis, Department of Finance, Government of Québec
December 1984 - June 1989
Principal Economist and Coordinator, Personal Income Tax, Department of Finance, Government of Québec
January 1983 - December 1984
Teacher, Mathematics and Informatics, CEGEP François-Xavier, Garneau; then Economist, Planning Department, Régie des assurances agricoles du Québec
CHRISTIANE OUIMET
Date of Birth: March 1955
Education: LL.L, LL.B, and B.A. dès arts (Lettres françaises), University of Ottawa
Member of the Bar of Upper Canada
Professional Experience
June 2003 to Present
Associate Deputy Minister of Public Works and Government Services
September 2001 - June 2003
Executive Director, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
January 2000 - August 2001
Chief Executive Officer, Consulting and Audit Canada, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Implementation Group, Public Works and Government Services Canada
January 1998 - December 1999
Assistant Deputy Solicitor General, Corrections and Aboriginal Policing, Solicitor General of Canada
November 1994 - December 1997
Director General, Policy Coordination and Planning, and then Director General, Aboriginal Policing, Solicitor General of Canada
March 1992 - November 1994
Senior Officer, Machinery of Government, Privy Council Office
October 1987 – March 1992
Director, Legislative Affairs, and then Director, Enforcement Operations, Revenue Canada; then Project Manager, Tariffs Division, Finance Canada
January 1983 - October 1987
Acting Secretary, Executive Secretariat; then Assistant Director General and Appeal Board, Appeals and Investigations, Public Service Commission of Canada
July 1982 - December 1983
Legal Drafter, Atomic Energy Control Board
1979 -1983
Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Civil Law, University of Ottawa
MARGARET PURDY
Date of Birth: January 1949
Education: Bachelor of Journalism (Honours), Carleton University, Ottawa
Bachelor of Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax
National Defence College, Kingston (1992-1993)
Professional Experience:
April 2003 to Present
Visiting Scholar, Centre of International Relations, University of British Columbia
February 2001 - April 2003
Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence
November 1998 - February 2001
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office
October 1995 - November 1998
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence, Privy Council Office
August 1993 - September 1995
Deputy Director General and then Director General, Counter-Terrorism Branch, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
August 1990 - April 1992
Director, Security Operations, Solicitor General Canada
October 1988 - August 1990
Senior Advisor to the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Solicitor General Canada
July 1985 - October 1988
Criminal Intelligence Analyst, National Security Offences Task Force, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
November 1982 - July 1985
Various assignments with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
August 1980 - October 1982
Public Information Officer, Governments of British Columbia and Nova Scotia
December 1975 - August 1980
Various positions with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1971 - 1975
Various positions with Carleton University, The Ottawa Citizen and the Province of Nova Scotia
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