Stefanie Beck | |
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Deputy Minister (Department of National Defence (Canada)) | |
Assumed office June 3, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Bill Matthews |
Deputy Minister (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) | |
In office February 20,2023 –June 2,2024 | |
Preceded by | Chris Forbes |
Succeeded by | Lawrence Hanson |
Associate Deputy Minister (Department of National Defence (Canada)) | |
In office January 31,2022 –February 19,2023 | |
Preceded by | Nancy Chawan |
Succeeded by | None appointed. |
Deputy High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom (High Commission of Canada,London) | |
In office October 2020 –January 30,2022 | |
Preceded by | Sarah Fountain-Smith |
Succeeded by | Robert Fry |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Croatia | |
In office 2004–2006 | |
Preceded by | Donald W. Smith |
Succeeded by | Thomas Marr |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Cambodia | |
In office 2002–2004 | |
Preceded by | Normand Mailhot |
Succeeded by | Donica Pottie |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Stefanie Beck is a Canadian public servant and diplomat. She has been serving as the Deputy Minister of National Defence (DND) since June 3,2024. [1] She was previously Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC),Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence,and Deputy High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom. [2]
She joined the Department of External Affairs in 1990. She has served abroad as a political officer in Dakar,Senegal,and Canberra,Australia,and she was Ambassador to Cambodia from 2002 to 2004 and Ambassador to Croatia from 2004 to 2006.[ citation needed ]
In Ottawa,she has worked on Central and Eastern Europe Relations and on Japan,and she was Deputy Director for United Nations. Upon her return to Ottawa in August 2006,she became Director,Security and Defence Relations. She was Senior Departmental Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2007 to September 2008,where she served two ministers and managed three transition periods. She has a BA in German and Italian from McGill University,graduating in 1987. [3]
Beck is currently the Deputy Minister at the Department of National Defence (DND). [4] Previously,she served as Deputy Minister at AAFC. She also served as Canada's Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Alternate Representative to the International Maritime Organization,having been appointed to the role in October 2020. In early 2021,she served as the Acting High Commissioner after Janice Charette left the post to serve as interim Clerk of the Privy Council. [5] Prior to that,she was Assistant Secretary to Cabinet,Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office. She was also Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Europe,Middle East,Maghreb,and Circumpolar Affairs at Global Affairs Canada (GAC) from August 2017 to October 2018 and ADM of Corporate Services from December 2013 to August 2017. She joined Immigration,Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) from the Department of Foreign Affairs,Trade and Development,where she had been Acting ADM of the International Platform Branch,which runs Canada's diplomatic missions abroad. At IRCC,she was responsible for Human Resources,IM / IT,Security,Accommodation and Procurement,as well as Corporate Affairs. She was also IRCC's Official Languages Champion. From December 2015 to March 2016 she joined the team leading the successful Syria refugee operation.[ citation needed ]
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