Chad Westmacott

Experience

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  Infrastructure Canada

  Nov 2005 - Jul 2007

  Senior Policy Analyst

  • Developed infrastructure policies for input to Ministers and program development• Analyzed business cases, prepared due diligence reports and provided expert advice and recommendations to the Minister on funding infrastructure projects across Canada under the CSIF• Represented Infrastructure Canada to Provincial, Territorial and Municipal governments, other federal departments, non-government organizations and other stakeholders

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  Natural Resources Canada

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2009

  Senior Policy Analyst, Environment Policy Division

  • Managed the Policy Development Team, supervising up to four staff (EC-06 and below), undertaking work planning, delegation of tasks/responsibilities, setting objectives and evaluating performance• Led work of team to provide policy advice and input into such files as the Horizontal Management Accountability and Reporting Framework for the Clean Air Agenda and environmental regulatory reviews • Developed policy advice for the Minister and Senior Management related to energy-environment files, including Clean Air Agenda, budget proposals related to climate change and transformative technologies• Represented the sector on horizontal departmental initiatives and the department on other department-lead initiatives and at various domestic and international initiatives external to the government• Participated in various hiring processes (EC-06 and below) and acted as Director when required Show less

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  OECD/NEA

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2012

  Analyst

  • Supported the Nuclear Energy Agency’s High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes (HLG-MR) as principal officer of the secretariat• Analyzed economic and policy issues related to the medical radioisotope supply chain, authoring key HLG-MR publications (see publication section)• Developed, with the HLG-MR, policy recommendations to address the global supply crisis of medical radioisotopes, influencing government policy (e.g., of the US, the European Commission)• Worked with numerous senior level representatives (e.g., CEOs) on various working groups, including negotiating policy recommendations among different stakeholders• Represented HLG-MR findings and policy approach at international fora, conferences, meetings and government briefings, including at the European Commission and International Atomic Energy Agency Show less

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  Natural Resources Canada

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2014

  Senior Policy Advisor, AECL Restructuring
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  Infrastructure Canada

  Feb 2014 - Oct 2017

  • Director, Ontario, Program Operations Branch

    Sept 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Executive Advisor to the Associate Deputy Minister

    Feb 2014 - Aug 2015
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  Indigenous Services Canada | Services aux Autochtones Canada

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2021

  • Director General, Community Infrastructure Branch

    Jun 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Senior Director, Strategic Water Management Team

    Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
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  Public Safety, Government of Canada

  Nov 2021 - now

  Director General, Community Safety, Corrections and Criminal Justice