Biographical note

Stéphane Jobin (LLL Law, University of Ottawa, 1989; School of the Quebec Bar, 1990) joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1991 after working as a lawyer in private practice. He has served in a wide range of assignments, including deputy head of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force, director of the Global Partnership Division and director of the North America Relations and Transboundary Affairs divisions, as well as in divisions responsible for foreign policy planning (G8 Section) and economic law. Abroad, he has served twice at the Embassy to Japan: in the Public Affairs Section from 1994 to 1998 and the Political Section from 2002 to 2006. He also worked in Beijing from 2012 to 2014. Most recently, he served as minister-counsellor at the Embassy to Russia, where he was chargé d’affaires ad interim from 2018 to 2019.