Our Deputy Minister

Richard B. Fadden

Date of Birth
September 1951

Education
Graduate Diploma, Law, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Laws, University of Montréal
Bachelor, Political Science, McGill University

Professional Experience

Since September 2002
President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

2000 - 2002
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Counsel and, beginning in February 2001, assumed the additional duties of Security and Intelligence Coordinator as well as those of Deputy Minister for the policy and operations of the Communications Security Establishment

1998 - 2000
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat

1996 - 1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Natural Resources Canada

1992 - 1996
Assistant Auditor General, Audit Operations, and Legal Advisor, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1990 - 1992
Legal Advisor to the Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1988 - 1990
Principal, Audit Operations, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1983 - 1988
Privy Council Officer, then Director of Policy, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office

1981 - 1983
Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs

1977 - 1981
Various positions with External Affairs and International Trade Canada