Richard B. Fadden

Education:

Mr. Fadden holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Montréal, and a Bachelor of Political Science from McGill University.

Career Profile:

June 2009 to present
Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), HQ

2006-2009
Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

2005-2006
Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada

2002-2005
President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

2000-2002
Deputy Clerk, Privy Council and Counsel and, beginning in February 2001, assumed the additional duties of Security and Intelligence Coordinator

1998-2000
Assistant Secretary, Government Operations Sector and Infrastructure Works, Treasury Board Secretariat

1996-1998
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Natural Resources Canada

1992-1996
Assistant Auditor General, Audit Operations, and Legal Advisor, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1990-1992
Legal Advisor to the Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1988-1990
Principal, Audit Operations, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

1983-1988
Privy Council Officer, then Director of Policy, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office

1981-1983
Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs

1977-1981
Various positions with the Department of External Affairs