March 31, 2000
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced the following changes in the Public Service:
Frank Claydon, currently Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, becomes Secretary of the Treasury Board and Comptroller General of Canada, effective April 10, 2000.
Samy Watson, currently Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, effective April 10, 2000.
Robert Fonberg, currently Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Liaison Secretariat for Macroeconomic Policy, Privy Council Office, becomes Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council Office, effective April 10, 2000.
Judith LaRocque, currently Secretary to the Governor General, becomes Associate Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage, effective April 21, 2000.
Barbara Uteck, currently Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor General, becomes Secretary to the Governor General, effective April 21, 2000.
Biographical notes attached.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
FRANK A. CLAYDON
Born: March 1947
Education:
B.A. (Honours), Economics, University of British Columbia
M.A., Economics, University of British Columbia
Professional Experience:
June 1996 to Present
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
January 1996 - June 1996
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1986 - 1995
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1984 - 1986
Acting Assistant Secretary and then Assistant Secretary, Program Branch,
Treasury Board Secretariat
1982 - 1984
Director, Industry, Transportation and Natural Resources Division, Program
Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat
1979 - 1982
Group Chief, Industry, Transportation and Natural Resources Division, Program
Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat
1979 - 1979
Group Chief, Planning and Evaluation Division, Program Branch, Treasury Board
Secretariat
1973 - 1979
Senior Policy Analyst, Effectiveness Evaluation Division, Planning Branch,
Treasury Board Secretariat
1971 - 1973
Policy Analyst, Effectiveness Evaluation Division, Planning Branch, Treasury
Board Secretariat
SAMY WATSON
Born: February 1958
Education:
Professional Experience:
November 1997 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council
Office
August 1996 - November 1997
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council
Office
June 1995 - August 1996
General Director, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
September 1993 - June 1995
Director, Personal Income Tax and Sales Tax Divisions, Tax Policy Branch,
Department of Finance
January 1992 - September 1993
Director, Personal Income Tax, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
March 1991 - January 1992
Project Director, Indian Tax Policy Group, Tax Policy Branch, Department of
Finance
March 1990 - March 1991
Chief, Strategic Planning, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department
of Finance
July 1987 - March 1990
Policy Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Transport Canada
November 1982 - July 1987
Various assignments and Senior Advisor positions at Transport Canada
September 1980 - November 1982
Joined the Federal Public Service under the Administrative Trainee Program
and subsequently assumed the position of Senior Project Manager, Revenue
Canada, Customs and Excise
ROBERT FONBERG
Born: January 1955
Education:
Professional Experience:
November 1997 to Present
Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultation), Privy Council
Office
August 1996 - November 1997
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Priorities and Planning), Privy Council
Office
June 1995 - August 1996
General Director, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
September 1993 - June 1995
Director, Personal Income Tax and Sales Tax Divisions, Tax Policy Branch,
Department of Finance
January 1992 - September 1993
Director, Personal Income Tax, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
March 1991 - January 1992
Project Director, Indian Tax Policy Group, Tax Policy Branch, Department of
Finance
March 1990 - March 1991
Chief, Strategic Planning, Sales Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department
of Finance
July 1987 - March 1990
Policy Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Transport Canada
November 1982 - July 1987
Various assignments and Senior Advisor positions at Transport Canada
September 1980 - November 1982
Joined the Federal Public Service under the Administrative Trainee Program
and subsequently assumed the position of Senior Project Manager, Revenue
Canada, Customs and Excise
ROBERT FONBERG
Born: January 1955
Education:
Professional Experience:
June 1998 to Present
Assistant Secretary, Liaison Secretariat for Macroeconomic Policy, Privy
Council Office
1997 - 1998
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Planning and Technology, Business
Development Bank of Canada
1995 - 1997
Principal, Public Sector/ Strategy Practise, Ernst & Young Management
Consultants
1993 - 1995
Director, Policy Division, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of
Finance
1991 - 1993
Director, Coordinating Secretariat Canadian Unity, Deputy Minister's Office,
Department of Finance
1988 - 1991
Assistant Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Policy Division,
Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance
1987 - 1988
Chief, Fiscal Policy Analysis and Research Unit, Fiscal Policy and Economic
Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1979 - 1987
Officer, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1978 - 1979
Officer, Centre for the Study of Inflation and Productivity, Economic
Council of Canada
JUDITH ANNE LAROCQUE
Born: September 1956
Education:
Professional Experience:
June 1998 to Present
Assistant Secretary, Liaison Secretariat for Macroeconomic Policy, Privy
Council Office
1997 - 1998
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Planning and Technology, Business
Development Bank of Canada
1995 - 1997
Principal, Public Sector/ Strategy Practise, Ernst & Young Management
Consultants
1993 - 1995
Director, Policy Division, Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of
Finance
1991 - 1993
Director, Coordinating Secretariat Canadian Unity, Deputy Minister's Office,
Department of Finance
1988 - 1991
Assistant Director, Energy, Environment and Resource Policy Division,
Economic Development Policy Branch, Department of Finance
1987 - 1988
Chief, Fiscal Policy Analysis and Research Unit, Fiscal Policy and Economic
Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1979 - 1987
Officer, Fiscal Policy and Economic Analysis Branch, Department of Finance
1978 - 1979
Officer, Centre for the Study of Inflation and Productivity, Economic
Council of Canada
JUDITH ANNE LAROCQUE
Born: September 1956
Education:
Professional Experience:
July 1990 to Present
Secretary to the Governor General, Secretary General of the Order of Canada,
Secretary General of the Order of Military Merit and Herald Chancellor for
Canada, Government House, Ottawa
1989 - 1990
Chief of Staff to the Government Leader in the Senate and the Minister of
State for Federal-Provincial Relations
1986 - 1989
Executive Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for
Canada
1985 - 1986
House Affairs, Office of the President of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada and the Minister responsible for Regulatory Affairs
1984 - 1985
Legislative Assistant to the Government House Leader
1982 - 1984
Procedural Officer and Committee Clerk, Committees and Private Legislation
Branch, House of Commons
1980 - 1982
Special Assistant, Office of the Leader of the Opposition
1979
Administrative Assistant, Internal Audit Directorate, Public Service
Commission and then Writer/Researcher, Prime Minister's Office
BARBARA UTECK
Born: December 1946
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, (Honours, History), University of Toronto
Professional Experience:
January 2000 to Present
Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor General
September 1997 - January 2000
Director General, Strategic Planning, Millennium Bureau of Canada
September 1993 - September 1997
Counsellor, Federal/Provincial Relations, Canadian Embassy (Washington,
D.C.), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
April 1991 to August 1993
Director of Operations, Communications Secretariat, Privy Council Office
March 1989 - April 1991
Director, Goods and Services Tax, Goods and Services Tax Communications
Working Group, and then Director, Goods and Services Tax, Consultations and
Communications, Department of Finance
April 1987 - March 1989
Director of Communications, Executive Communications Branch, Consumer and
Corporate Affairs Canada
1981 - 1986
Executive Producer, CBC Radio, Quebec
1980 - 1981
Associate Editor, Protegez-Vous/Protect Yourself, Quebec Government Consumer
Magazine, Government of Quebec
1974 - 1981
Freelance Writer and Broadcaster
1971 - 1973
Story Editor and Producer, CBC Radio
Professional Experience:
July 1990 to Present
Secretary to the Governor General, Secretary General of the Order of Canada,
Secretary General of the Order of Military Merit and Herald Chancellor for
Canada, Government House, Ottawa
1989 - 1990
Chief of Staff to the Government Leader in the Senate and the Minister of
State for Federal-Provincial Relations
1986 - 1989
Executive Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for
Canada
1985 - 1986
House Affairs, Office of the President of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada and the Minister responsible for Regulatory Affairs
1984 - 1985
Legislative Assistant to the Government House Leader
1982 - 1984
Procedural Officer and Committee Clerk, Committees and Private Legislation
Branch, House of Commons
1980 - 1982
Special Assistant, Office of the Leader of the Opposition
1979
Administrative Assistant, Internal Audit Directorate, Public Service
Commission and then Writer/Researcher, Prime Minister's Office
BARBARA UTECK
Born: December 1946
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, (Honours, History), University of Toronto
Professional Experience:
January 2000 to Present
Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor General
September 1997 - January 2000
Director General, Strategic Planning, Millennium Bureau of Canada
September 1993 - September 1997
Counsellor, Federal/Provincial Relations, Canadian Embassy (Washington,
D.C.), Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
April 1991 to August 1993
Director of Operations, Communications Secretariat, Privy Council Office
March 1989 - April 1991
Director, Goods and Services Tax, Goods and Services Tax Communications
Working Group, and then Director, Goods and Services Tax, Consultations and
Communications, Department of Finance
April 1987 - March 1989
Director of Communications, Executive Communications Branch, Consumer and
Corporate Affairs Canada
1981 - 1986
Executive Producer, CBC Radio, Quebec
1980 - 1981
Associate Editor, Protegez-Vous/Protect Yourself, Quebec Government Consumer
Magazine, Government of Quebec
1974 - 1981
Freelance Writer and Broadcaster
1971 - 1973
Story Editor and Producer, CBC Radio