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
Karen Cahill
Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Julie Lefebvre
Vice-President, Emerging Technologies
Jean-François Houle
Vice-President, Engineering
Emily Harrison
Vice-President, Human Resources
Lakshmi Krishnan
Vice-President, Life Sciences
Laural Porth-Jones
Acting Vice-President, Industry and Innovation Division and Industrial Research Assistance Program
Shannon Quinn
Secretary General
Ibrahim Yimer
Vice-President, Transportation and Manufacturing
Rebecca Hart
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
David Lisk
Senior Advisor to the President
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
- Design and Fabrication Services
- Mario Alvarez, Director General
Industry and Innovation Division and Industrial Research Assistance Program
- Business and International Innovation
- Melanie Cullins, Director General
- Industrial Research Assistance Program
- Michael Curry, Director General (acting), Client Enablement
- Jane Somerville, Director General, Division Services
- Christopher Ryan, Director General, Pacific Region
- Julie Kennett, Director General, Prairie Region
- Christine Reed, Director General (acting), Ontario Region
- Peter Rosenthal, Director General (acting), Quebec Region
- Cathy Favre, Director General (acting), Atlantic and Nunavut Region
- National Program Office
- Rachelle Bruton, Director General
Secretary General
- Communications
- Emily Woods, Director General
- Corporate Secretariat and Senior Ethics Officer
- Erin Skrapek, Executive Director
- Indigenous Engagement and National Killam Program
- Natalie Collins, Director
- Office of Facilities Renewal Management
- Jennifer Rendall, Director General
- Ombud Office
- Karine Gauvreau, Ombud
- Policy, Strategy and Performance
- John Burnett, Director General (acting)
Corporate Services and Finance
- Chief Information Officer Branch
- Sandy Kyriakatos, Chief Information Officer
- Client Agreements and Intellectual Property
- Erica Fraser, Executive Director
- Finance and Procurement Services
- Johanne Diotte, Director General
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Ronalda Rino, Executive Director
- Real Property Planning and Management
- Peter Johnston, Director General
- Security
- Serge Raymond, 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