Biography of Raymond D'Aoust,
Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Effective September 2, 2003, Raymond D'Aoust was appointed Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada with primary responsibility for the Privacy Act, the federal public sector privacy law.

Prior to this and since November 1999, Mr. D'Aoust worked for the Canadian Centre for Management Development (CCMD), most recently as A/Director General, Career Development Branch. The Branch is responsible for designing and delivering the educational components of executive and management development programs such as the Management Trainee Program, the Career Assignment Program (CAP), the Direxion program and the Accelerated Executive Development Program (AEXDP). His portfolio also included learning programs and events for Deputies and Assistant Deputy Ministers.

Prior to leading Career Development, Mr. D'Aoust was Director General, Research at CCMD. He was responsible for the long-term research program on Governance as well as for applied research on organizational learning and public sector reform in addition to assuming management responsibility for the Research Branch.

Mr. D'Aoust has more than twenty years of experience in the Canadian government in areas such as program evaluation, review, policy, public consultation, strategic planning, business planning, quality management, technology management and research in several departments and agencies.

Mr. D'Aoust was a part-time teacher at Concordia University and delivered training to federal public servants on several occasions. He studied in political sociology and advanced research methods at Université Laval (B.A.), Ottawa University (M.A.) and Université du Québec à Montréal (doctoral studies).