Senior leadership
Composition on March 31, 2025:
Mitch Davies
President
Maria Aubrey
Vice-President, Business and Professional Services
Karen Cahill
Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
François Cordeau
Vice-President, Office of Facilities Renewal Management and Special Advisor
Emily Harrison
Vice-President, Human Resources
Dr. Jean-François Houle
Vice-President, Engineering
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice-President, Life Sciences
Dr. Julie Lefebvre
Vice-President, Emerging Technologies
David Lisk
Vice-President, Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
Dr. Joel Martin
Chief Digital Research Officer, Chief Science Officer and Departmental Science Advisor
Dr. Shannon Quinn
Secretary General
Dr. Ibrahim Yimer
Vice-President, Transportation and Manufacturing
Special assignments and projects
Dr. Doug Johnstone
President's Science Advisor and Secretary to the President's Research Excellence Advisory Committee
Council members
Composition on March 31, 2025:
Dr. Douglas W. Muzyka
Chair of the NRC Council
Dr. Ali Tehrani (on leave)
Procurement Oversight Board members
Composition on March 31, 2025:
Dr. Munir Sheikh (Chair)
Johanne Bélisle
Heidi Francis
Joëlle Paquette (non-voting member)
Departmental Audit Committee members
Composition on March 31, 2025:
Kevin Lindsey (Chair)
Dana Ades-Landy
Gayle Gorrill
Dr. Pierre Rivard (NRC Council member)