NRC leadership: 2022–2023 annual report

Senior leadership

Composition in 2022–2023

Iain Stewart
President, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON

Line vice presidents

Dr. Jean-François Houle
VP Engineering

Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan
VP Life Sciences

David Lisk
VP Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)

Dr. Joel Martin
Chief Digital Research Officer, Chief Science Officer and Departmental Science Advisor

Dr. Geneviève Tanguay
VP Emerging Technologies

Dr. Ibrahim Yimer
VP Transportation and Manufacturing

Internal services

Alain Beaudoin
VP Business and Professional Services

Emily Harrison
VP Human Resources; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Champion

Dale MacMillan
VP Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Shannon Quinn
Secretary General

Special assignments and projects

Francois Cordeau
VP Office of Facilities Renewal Management

Dr. Michel Dumoulin
Special Advisor to the President

Christine Jodoin
VP Strategic Initiatives (acting as of December 2022)

Council Members

Composition in 2022–2023

Dr. Douglas W. Muzyka
Chair of the NRC Council; Former Senior Vice‑President and Chief Science and Technology Officer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Indian River, NS

Dr. Karen Bakker
Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Norma Beauchamp
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Toronto, ON

David Berthiaume
Executive Director, Kemitek, Thetford Mines, QC

Dr. Susan Blum
Associate Vice‑President, Applied Research and Innovation, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, SK

Ray Hoemsen
President and Managing Director, Hoemsen & Associates, Winnipeg, MB

Dr. Digvir Jayas
Vice‑President (Research and International), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Dr. Steven Murphy
President and Vice‑Chancellor, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON

Dr. Pierre Rivard
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, TUGLIQ Energy Corp., Toronto, ON

Dr. Ali Tehrani
Venture Partner, Amplitude VC, Vancouver, BC

Iain Stewart
President, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON