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Home , David Johnston, Deepak Obhrai, Randolph Mank

His Excellency Governor General of

David Johnston began his professional career as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1966, moving to the Law Faculty at the in 1968. He became dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Western in 1974. In 1979, he was named principal and vice- of McGill University, and in July 1994, he returned to the McGill Faculty of Law as a full-time professor. In June 1999, he became the fifth president of the . Mr. Johnston has served on many provincial and federal task forces and committees. He has also served on the boards of a number of companies, including Arise, CGI, Fairfax and Masco. He was president of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and of the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec. He was the founding chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, chaired the federal government’s Information Highway Advisory Council, and served as the first non- American chair of the Board of Overseers at . He is the author or co-author of two dozen books, holds honorary doctorates from over a dozen universities, and has been awarded the (Companion).

Mr. Johnston holds an LL.B. from Queen’s University (1966), an LL.B. from the (1965), and an AB from Harvard University (1963). While at Harvard, he was twice selected for the All-American hockey team and is a member of Harvard’s Athletic Hall of Fame. His academic specializations include securities regulation, information technology and corporate law.

Deepak Obhrai, M.P. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Deepak Obhrai was first elected to the House of Commons in 1997, and was re-elected in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011.

He was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in February 2006. He has also served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Co-operation. He is a past president of the -Canada Association, the Monterey Community Association and the Hindu Society of , and serves as vice-president of the National Indo/Canadian Council.

Deepak Obhrai was born in and attended school in three separate continents: in Tanzania, India and the . After immigrating to Canada in 1977, Deepak worked in the accounting department for the City of Calgary before becoming self-employed. He and his wife Neena became owners of a chain of dry-cleaning stores and also formed a company to explore joint venture opportunities in overseas markets. Mr. Obhrai and his wife, Neena, have three children.

Andrew Saxton, M.P. Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and for Western Economic Diversification

Andrew Saxton was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2008 (as a member of Parliament for North Vancouver); he was re-elected in 2011.

He was named parliamentary secretary to the President of the Treasury Board on November 7, 2008, and was re-appointed to the same position on June 1, 2011. He was also appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Western Economic Diversification on June 1, 2011. He also serves as vice-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association and as chair of the Canada-Hong Kong and Canada- Parliamentary Friendship Groups, as well as treasurer of the Canada-Thailand and Canada-Vietnam Friendship Groups.

Immediately prior to being elected to Parliament, Mr. Saxton served as chief executive officer of King George Financial Corporation, a real estate investment firm; as director of Canaco Resources Inc., a mining exploration company; as director of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of British Columbia and Yukon; and as a member of the Premier of British Columbia’s Asia Pacific Trade Council.

He began his career in finance with Credit Suisse, in . He later accepted a position with Credit Suisse in New York and thereafter returned to Vancouver with the same firm. In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong to serve as senior account manager with HSBC and, in 1997, he was appointed senior vice-president of HSBC Private Banking in .

Randolph Mank High Commissioner of Canada to Malaysia

Randolph Mank arrived in in August 2010, upon his appointment as high commissioner of Canada to Malaysia. He served as high commissioner to the Islamic Republic of in 2008, following two years in as director-general for Asia South and the Pacific at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). Since joining the Canadian foreign service in 1981, his career has included assignments in , , (twice) and . From 2003 to 2006, he was ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, where he led the Canadian response to the 2004 tsunami in .

His assignments at DFAIT headquarters included three years with the division, as well as five years as director of Policy Planning. In the latter role, he headed the G8 Foreign Ministers’ Secretariat and led a foreign policy review process.

High Commissioner Mank was born in Kitchener, Ontario. He studied at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and at the London School of Economics.

Deborah Chatsis Ambassador of Canada to the Social Republic of Vietnam

Ms. Chatsis has worked as a foreign service officer with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) since November 1989, and has served in Beijing, Bogota, Miami, Geneva and New York. In Ottawa, Ms. Chatsis served with the Legal Operations and Human Rights divisions at DFAIT and also served on secondment with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (senior advisor, Truth and Reconciliation Commission) as well as the Privy Council Office (senior advisor, Social Policy Development Secretariat). Most recently, she served as director and executive assistant to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Deborah Chatsis was named ambassador of Canada to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in August 2010.

Ms. Chatsis was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1983, a Bachelor of Law from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986, a master’s degree in international law from the in 1998, and a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in 2007.

David Sevigny High Commissioner of Canada to Singapore

David Sevigny graduated from the University of Toronto with a master’s degree in economics.

Over the past 30 years, Mr. Sevigny has served in a broad range of international positions. He began his career at the Bank of Canada, and then moved on to the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), and subsequently to the Department of Finance. As a Finance official, he has been seconded to the World Bank in Washington, D.C., to the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and to the High Commission of Canada in Singapore.

Throughout the course of his career, he has had the opportunity to work as a macroeconomist, international negotiator, development economist, financial regulator and Canadian diplomat. He is married to Mary Broderick and has four daughters.

Peter McGovern Assistant Deputy Minister (Asia) and Chief Trade Commissioner Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Peter McGovern began his diplomatic career with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) in 1982. He has served abroad in Tunisia, Belgium, France (OECD) and Italy. His last assignment overseas was as consul general to Milan, from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 until the present, he has progressively served in a variety of roles: director general, North American Commercial Relations (2005-2006); director general, Commercial Relations: Asia and Latin America (2006-2008); director general, South, and Oceania (2008-2009), executive director, Critical Incidents (2009); assistant deputy minister, Summits Management Office (2009-2010); and assistant deputy minister, Asia and chief trade commissioner (September 2010).

As a member and director of Team Canada from 1997 to 2001, Mr. McGovern conducted a number of missions around the world with the goal of improving bilateral relations and promoting greater trade between countries. From 1993 to 1997, he was counsellor for Trade and Agricultural Policy with the Canadian delegation to the Organization for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD). From 1990 to 1993, he served in the Privy Council Office as a foreign policy advisor to the .

Born in Montréal and educated at McGill University and the University of London’s Birkbeck College, Mr. McGovern is fluent in English, French and Italian.

Margaret Huber Chief of Protocol of Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Margaret Huber joined the Canadian Foreign Service after graduate school and served abroad in Washington, New York, Manila and Brussels. She also served as consul general in Osaka and in Milan, and as ambassador to the Czech and Slovak republics, as high commissioner to Pakistan, and most recently, as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq. In Ottawa, she has served with the Japan Trade Development Division; the U.S. Trade Policy Division; the GATT Trade Policy Division; as director of the European Community Trade and Economic Relations Division; as director general of the Export and Import Controls Bureau; and as director general of the North Asia and Pacific Bureau.

She was named chief of Protocol of Canada on December 17, 2010.

Patricia Jaton Deputy Secretary to the Governor General of Canada

Before joining the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, Patricia Jaton worked for five years with the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS) in various positions, including that of director general of the Language Training Centre. She was also director general of the Corporate Leadership Development programs, leading the design, development and delivery processes of new programs and courses for senior leaders, executives and high-potential employees of the Public Service of Canada, and for board members of Crown corporations.

Prior to this, Ms. Jaton worked at Health Canada for 12 years. She led the creation of several new services, including the Centre for Workplace Ethics, the Internal Disclosure Office and the Ombudsman Service. These three services were centralized in Ottawa, but were available to employees from across the country. Between 1989—when she began her career in the public service—and 2000, she worked in human resources and held a variety of positions with several departments. She studied education at the Université de Sherbrooke (), as well as organizational ethics at Carleton University. In 2008, she completed the Living Leadership: The Executive Excellence Program.

She was appointed deputy secretary to the Governor General in September 2011.

Audri Mukhopadhyay Consul General of Canada to Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City

Audri Mukhopadhyay has worked with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as the director of Strategic Initiatives and of South, Southeast Asia and Oceania Commercial Relations. Prior to joining DFAIT, he worked with Industry Canada, where he served as the Canadian federal representative to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international organization responsible for critical Internet infrastructure.

Mr. Mukhopadhyay also worked with the Canadian Department of Finance, and for the private sector in Silicon Valley, in the United States.

A Rhodes Scholar, he earned two degrees from Oxford University: a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Philosophy in Economics; he also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dalhousie University. He is also a recipient of the Public Service Award of Excellence.