Senior leadership
Composition on March 31, 2026
Mitch Davies
President
Karen Cahill
Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
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
Dr. Joel Martin
Chief Digital Research Officer, Chief Science Officer and NRC Research Director for the Canadian AI Safety Institute
Laural Porth‑Jones
Acting Vice-President, Industry and Innovation Division and Industrial Research Assistance Program
Dr. Shannon Quinn
Secretary General
Dr. Ibrahim Yimer
Vice-President, Transportation and Manufacturing
Senior leaders who retired in 2025–2026
Maria Aubrey
Vice-President, Business and Professional Services, retired October 2025
David Lisk
Vice-President, National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, retired December 2025
Special assignments and projects
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Bhowmik
President's Science Advisor and Secretary to the President's Research Excellence Advisory Committee
NRC Council members
Composition on March 31, 2026
Dr. Douglas W. Muzyka
Chair of the NRC Council
Council members whose term ended in 2025–2026
Dr. Susan Blum
Ray Hoemsen
Procurement Oversight Board members
Composition on March 31, 2026
Dr. Munir Sheikh (Chair)
Johanne Bélisle
Heidi Francis
Joëlle Paquette (non-voting member)
Departmental Audit Committee members
Composition on March 31, 2026
Kevin Lindsey (Chair)
Dana Ades-Landy
Gayle Gorrill
Dr. Pierre Rivard (NRC Council member)