Yves Boulanger (MA [Economics], University of Sherbrooke, 1974). Before joining the
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 1981, Mr. Boulanger worked for
the Canadian University Service Overseas in Burkina Faso, the International
Development Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, the Ministry of Rural
Development in the Niger, and a Field Support Unit in Central Africa (Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo). With CIDA, Mr. Boulanger has served abroad in
Rwanda and has served as Canada’s Ambassador to Mali from 1997 to 2001. In
Ottawa, he has served as a specialist in rural economy, Agriculture Sector; Senior
Program Manager for Niger, Francophone Africa Branch; Director of Agriculture Sector,
Natural Resources Division; Country Program Director for Bangladesh and Myanmar
(Burma), Asia Branch; Program Director for Bangladesh, Pakistan & Afghanistan, Asia
Branch; and currently serves as Director General, Performance and Knowledge
Management Branch. Mr. Boulanger is married to Hélène Demers. He succeeds
Rosaline Murray.
Anne-Marie Bourcier (MA [Social Sciences-Sociology], University of Ottawa, 1973)
joined the Canadian International Development Agency in 1976 and held a number of
positions as analyst and senior manager of programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
She worked abroad in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and
Morocco. She joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in
September 2002 as Director General, Africa Bureau. Ms. Bourcier is married to
Jean-Guy Saint-Martin and they have two sons. She succeeds Ms. Adèle Dion.
Stephen Brereton (BA [Honours], Queen’s University, 1978) joined the Trade
Commissioner Service in the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1979
and has served abroad in Havana, Yokohama, Tokyo, and Brussels. In Ottawa he
served as Trade Policy Officer, GATT Division of the Trade Policy Bureau; Deputy
Director, U.S. Trade Policy Bureau; Departmental Assistant to the Minister of Industry
and International Trade; Deputy Director, Investment Trade Policy Division; Director,
Trade Controls Policy Division; and currently serves as Director of the Investment Trade
Policy Division. Mr. Brereton is married to Carolyn and they have two sons, James and
William. He succeeds Roger Marsham.
Christopher Brown (MPA [Public Administration], Dalhousie University). Mr. Brown
has served abroad in Cuba, Guyana, Barbados, the Permanent Mission to the United
Nations in New York, and in Vietnam as Chargé d’Affaires. In Ottawa, he has served as
Deputy Director, Economic Relations with Developing Countries, and Deputy Director
as well as Director, Asia-Pacific South Relations Division. On assignments outside the
department, he has worked as Special Advisor (Policy), Maritime Forces Pacific
Headquarters with the Department of National Defence; Visiting Scholar and Director of
International Relations at the University of British Columbia; and Director, Partnership
for International Cooperation, with the Canadian Centre for Management Development.
Mr. Brown is currently the Senior Advisor (Aviation), Office of the Chief Air Negotiator in
International Trade Canada. He succeeds Nicholas Coghlan.
Robert Collette (BA [Industrial Relations], Université de Laval, 1972) joined the Public
Service in 1972 as a staffing officer with the Public Service Commission. He joined the
Canadian International Development Agency in 1974 and served abroad in Kuala
Lumpur and Yaoundé. He joined the Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of
External Affairs and International Trade in 1986 and has since served twice in Beijing
and as Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines. In Ottawa, Mr. Collette has been
Head of Trade, Africa Program; Deputy Director, Western Europe Trade; Director,
Africa and Middle East Trade and Investment; and Director, Investment and Science
and Technology for Canada. He is currently Chief of Protocol for Canada. Mr. Collette
is married to Marilyn and they have two children, Mathieu and Vanessa. He succeeds
Jean-Paul Hubert.
Jean-Yves Dionne (MSc [Industrial Relations], University of Montreal, 1982) joined the
Department of External Affairs in 1978 and served abroad in Bonn, Abidjan, Yaoundé,
and Budapest. In Ottawa, he served as Marketing Officer, East Asia Business
Development Division; Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Africa and
Middle East; Deputy Director, U.S. Business Development; Deputy Director, Trade and
Political Stream, Personnel Division; Deputy Director General and Intergovernmental
Coordinator, Organizing Secretariat of the 8th Francophone Summit; and currently
serves as Counsellor (Investment) at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. Mr. Dionne is
married to Lucie Tremblay. He succeeds James Hill.
Jean-Marc Duval (BComm, Université de Montréal, 1973; MSc [International Affairs],
University of British Columbia, 1974) joined the Department of Industry, Trade and
Commerce in 1974 as a trade commissioner and served abroad in Athens, Bonn,
Brussels, Dakar, Bern and as Ambassador to Turkey. He attended the Collège
d’Europe in Bruges, Belgium, earning the Certificate of Advanced European Studies. In
Ottawa, Mr. Duval undertook assignments in the South and Southeast Asia Divisions,
the East Asia Trade Development Division and the Office of the Minister for External
Relations. He has served as Director of Personnel, Trade Commissioner Service;
Director of the Trade/Political Personnel Division; and Director General, European
Union, North and West Europe Bureau. Since 2002, he has served as Ambassador to
Colombia. Mr. Duval is married to Louise Aubin and they have one daughter. Mr. Duval
succeeds Ronald Davidson.
Marcy Grossman (MA [Psychology], Carleton University, 1990) joined Correctional
Services Canada upon completion of her masters degree and has served as
Project/Research Officer, Executive Assistant to the Assistant Deputy Minister,
Ministerial Liaison and Director, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Relations. Before working
with the Partnership for International Cooperation at the Canadian Centre for
Management Development as Senior Officer, International Programs, Ms. Grossman
served at the Treasury Board Secretariat as Senior Policy Officer, Service and
Innovation. She then moved to Investment Partnerships Canada as a Senior Account
Executive. In 2002, she became Investment Consul at the Consulate in Dallas, United
States. She presently serves at that post as Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner.
Ms. Grossman and her husband, Michael Kofsky, have two sons. She succeeds
Anthony Knill.
Margaret Huber (BA, McGill University; MA, University of Ottawa; Advanced
Management Program, Harvard Business School) joined the Department of External
Affairs in 1973 and has served abroad in Washington, New York, Manila, Brussels, as
Consul General in Osaka, and as Ambassador to the Czech and Slovak Republics. In
Ottawa she has served with the Japan Trade Development Division; U.S. Trade Policy
Division; GATT Trade Policy Division; as Director, European Community Trade and
Economic Relations Division; Director General, Export and Import Controls Bureau; and
Director General, North Asia and Pacific Bureau. She currently serves as Canada’s
High Commissioner to Pakistan in Islamabad. Ms. Huber succeeds Peter McGovern.
Marc LePage (BA [Political Science], Université de Moncton, 1976) joined the Trade
Commissioner Service of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1980
and has served abroad in Stockholm, Havana and San Diego. In 1994, Mr. LePage
moved to the Medical Research Council of Canada (now the Canadian Institutes of
Health Research) to serve as Director of Business Development. Upon its launch in
July of 2000, he joined Genome Canada as Executive Vice-President of Corporate
Development, the capacity in which he has served to date. Mr. LePage is married to
Catharina Munthe-LePage and has four children.
Matthew Levin (MA [International Policy], Monterey Institute of International Studies,
1984) taught at the University of Milan and worked with Amnesty International before
joining the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1986. He has had
postings abroad in San José, Moscow and Washington. In Ottawa, he has held
positions in the Southern Africa Task Force, the Central America and Caribbean
Relations Division, the International Financial and Investment Division and the
Economic Relations with Developing Countries Division. He served as Executive
Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and as Director, Environment and
Sustainable Development Division. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of Mission
in Moscow. Mr. Levin is married to Rosalba. He succeeds Jean-Marc Duval.
Claire A. Poulin (DEA [French Literature & Civilization], Université de Provence, 1984).
Before joining the Canadian International Development Agency in 1989 as a
writer/editor, Ms. Poulin worked in various capacities including as a film professor,
proofreader and editor, programming and liaison officer, audiovisual specialist in the
Dominican Republic and communications officer in Tunisia. In 1991, she joined the
Department of External Affairs and International Trade and has served abroad in
Buenos Aires and Paris. In Ottawa, she served as a desk officer for both the
Cooperation and Development, Economic Relations with Developing Countries Division
and the Relations with Central America and Caribbean Division. She also served as
Executive Assistant to the Director General for Middle East and Africa; Political and
Trade Officer for the Iberian Peninsula, Western Europe Division; and Coordinator at
the federal level of the Parliamentary Conference of the Americas, South America and
Inter-American Division. Since 2001, Ms. Poulin has worked at the Parliament of
Canada where she serves as Director General, International and Interparliamentary
Affairs and Chief of Protocol. Her spouse is Gaston Gauvin. Ms. Poulin succeeds
Robert Andrigo.
Jillian Stirk (BA [History], University of British Columbia, 1980; MA [Soviet and East
European Studies], Carleton University, 1982) joined the Department of External Affairs
and International Trade in 1982. She has served abroad in Warsaw, Vienna, and
Brussels (NATO). In Ottawa, she has held positions in the UN Division and the East
European Division, including that of Deputy Director. She recently served as Director of
the Middle East Division and has just completed an assignment as Director of
Assignments in the Human Resources Branch. Ms. Stirk is married to Patrick Meehan,
also an employee of the department. They have two children, Catherine and Michael.
Ms. Stirk succeeds Shirley Serafini.
