The NRC is an agency of the Government of Canada, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Industry. It is governed by a council of appointees drawn from its client community.
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Senior leadership
Meet the people who lead the National Research Council.
Mitch Davies
President
Joel Martin
Chief Digital Research Officer, Chief Science Officer and Departmental Science Advisor
Julie Lefebvre
Vice-President, Emerging Technologies
Jean-François Houle
Vice-President, Engineering
Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice-President, Life Sciences
Ibrahim Yimer
Vice-President, Transportation and Manufacturing
David Lisk
Vice-President, Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Shannon Quinn
Secretary General
Emily Harrison
Vice-President, Human Resources
Karen Cahill
Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Maria Aubrey
Vice-President, Business and Professional Services and Office of Facilities Renewal Management
Alexandra Dagger
Director General, Audit and Evaluation
Senior leadership on special assignments and projects
Pankaj Kumar Bhowmik
President's Science Advisor and Secretary to the President's Research Excellence Advisory Committee
Divisions
Discover the teams behind the NRC's various divisions.
Digital Technologies
- Digital Technologies
- Sevgui Erman, Director General
Emerging Technologies
- Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
- Velko Tzolov, Director General
- Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Luc Simard, Director General
- Metrology
- Georgette Macdonald, Director General
- Quantum and Nanotechnologies
- Peter Mason, Director General
Engineering
- Construction
- Thomas Ferguson, Director General
- Clean Energy Innovation
- Pascale Champagne, Director General
- Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering
- David Murrin, Director General
Life Sciences
- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development
- Aleksander Patrzykat, Director General
- Human Health Therapeutics
- Sue Twine, Director General
- Medical Devices
- Amaya Arcelus, Director General
Transportation and Manufacturing
- Aerospace
- Mouhab Meshreki, Director General
- Automotive and Surface Transportation
- Éric Baril, Director General
Industrial Research Assistance Program
- Pacific Region
- Christopher Ryan, Director General
- Prairie Region
- Julie Kennett, Director General
- Ontario Region
- Michael Curry, Director General
- Quebec Region
- André Mouton, Director General (acting)
- Atlantic and Nunavut Region
- Grant Sullivan, Director General
- Division Services
- Jane Somerville, Director General
- Client Enablement
- Laural Porth-Jones, Director General
Secretary General
- Policy, Strategy and Performance
- Marcel Turcot, Director General
- Communications
- Mireille Khouri, Director General (acting)
- Corporate Secretariat and Senior Ethics Officer
- Erin Skrapek, Executive Director
- Indigenous Engagement and National Killam Program
- Natalie Collins, Director
- Ombud Office
- Karine Gauvreau, Ombud
Business and Professional Services and Office of Facilities Renewal Management
- Design and Fabrication Services
- Mario Alvarez, Director General
- Knowledge Information and Technology Services
- Sandy Kyriakatos, Chief Information Officer
- Business and International Innovation
- Melanie Cullins, Director General
- National Program Office
- Rachelle Bruton, Director General
- Office of Facilities Renewal Management
- Jennifer Rendall, Director General
Corporate Services and Finance
- Real Property Planning and Management
- Peter Johnston, Director General
- Finance and Procurement Services
- Johanne Diotte, Director General
- Security
- Serge Raymond, Executive Director
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Ronalda Rino, Executive Director
- Client Service Centre
- André Boileau, Executive Director
NRC Council
The NRC Council reviews the strategic directions, oversees the performance of the organization and provides a challenge function with respect to the work of the President and senior management. Members bring an independent perspective based upon knowledge and expertise in fields of importance to the NRC's mandate.
The President is the chief executive officer of the National Research Council (the body corporate) while the Chair is responsible for providing effective leadership to the NRC Council and for all matters pertaining to organization and functioning of the NRC Council meetings.
The President is appointed for a term of up to five years, while all other members are appointed for terms of up to three years.
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Chair
Douglas Muzyka -
President
Mitch Davies