August 10, 2007
No. 109
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:
Jean-Pierre Bolduc becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.
Anne-Marie Bourcier becomes Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic.
Marius Grinius becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Office of
the United Nations and to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, in Geneva.
Paul Hunt becomes Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Jean-Pierre Juneau becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba.
Edward Lipman becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, with concurrent
accreditation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Timothy Martin becomes Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, with concurrent
accreditation to the Republic of Paraguay.
Janet Siddall becomes High Commissioner to the United Republic of Tanzania, with
concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Seychelles.
David Sproule becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.
Alexandra Volkoff becomes Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden.
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Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Jean-Pierre Bolduc (BA, 1967, MA [Economics], 1973, Université de Sherbrooke)
worked as a cooperant in Niger from 1974 to 1977. He joined the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) in 1977, where he held various positions with
increasing responsibilities in the Francophone Africa Branch, the Area Coordination
Group, the International Humanitarian Assistance Division and the Maghreb and
Regional Programs Division. Mr. Bolduc was Director General of Strategic Planning and
Management for Africa and the Middle East, and acted as a humanitarian adviser to the
Commander of the Canada-led Multinational Force to Eastern Zaire. He was vice-chair
of one of the commissions at the Burundi Peace Talks and a member of the Advisory
Bureau to facilitator Nelson Mandela. He was the Ombudsman of CIDA from 1999 to
2001. From 2001 to 2004, he served as High Commissioner to Ghana and Ambassador
to Togo, and currently serves as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in
Kinshasa, with concurrent accreditation to the Congo. Mr. Bolduc is married to
Ghislaine St-Amour. He succeeds Louise Marchand.
Anne-Marie Bourcier (MA [Social Sciences-Sociology], University of Ottawa, 1973)
joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in September 2002 as
Director General of the Africa Bureau. In 2005, she was named to her current post of
Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Finland. From 1976 to 2002, she was an
official of the Canadian International Development Agency, where she held a number of
positions as senior analyst and director of programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Her last assignment with this Agency was as Director General for South America. She
has worked abroad in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and
Morocco. Ms. Bourcier is married to Jean-Guy Saint-Martin. They have two adult sons.
She succeeds Patrick Parisot.
Marius Grinius (BA [Economics], Royal Military College, 1971) joined the foreign
service in 1979, after 12 years of military service, and served abroad in Bangkok,
Brussels (NATO) and Hanoi. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Ambassador to
Vietnam. In Ottawa, he served in the Arms Control and Disarmament Division, and
later, as the Director of the Asia Pacific South Relations Division and the Southeast
Asia Division. In 1999, Mr. Grinius transferred to the Privy Council Office (PCO) and
served in the Social Development Policy Secretariat. He was then Director General in
the Department of Western Economic Diversification and, in 2002, Director of
Operations, Security and Intelligence Secretariat at PCO. He is currently Canada’s
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and, concurrently, to the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea. He is married to Carolyn La Brash and they have two sons. Marius
Grinius succeeds Paul Meyer.
Paul Hunt (BA Honours [Economics/Political Science], Glendon College, York
University, 1976) worked with the Government of Ontario, General Motors, the Royal
Commission on Conditions in the Foreign Service and federal departments such as
Environment Canada, Agriculture Canada and Forestry Canada, prior to joining the
Canadian International Development Agency. He has held a number of senior positions
including, more recently, Director, Industrial Cooperation Programs for Africa and the
Americas; Director General, Sahel and Côte d’Ivoire Program; Director General,
Strategic Planning; and Vice-President, Africa and Middle East. He has also served
abroad with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Central
America. He is currently Vice-President, Africa. He is married to Pauline Mantha. Paul
Hunt succeeds Guillermo Rishchynski.
Jean-Pierre Juneau (BA, Collège des Jésuites, 1965; BA [Political Science], Laval
University, 1968; MA [Political Science/International Relations], Laval University, 1969)
joined the Department of External Affairs in 1969 and served abroad in Havana, Paris,
Washington, D.C., and again in Paris as Minister-Counsellor from 1985 to 1988. In
1991, he was named Ambassador to Spain, a position he held until 1994. From 1996 to
2000, he served as Ambassador to the European Union, and from 2000 to 2003, as
Ambassador to Brazil. In Ottawa, Mr. Juneau held a number of positions, including
Director General, Western Europe Bureau, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Europe
Branch. Since 2003, he has served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to
the North Atlantic Council (NATO), in Brussels. Jean-Pierre Juneau succeeds
Alexandra Bugailiskis.
Edward (Ted) Lipman (BA [Asian Studies], University of British Columbia, 1975; Dipl.
[Chinese History], Peking University, 1976) joined the Department of External Affairs in
1976 and has since served abroad in Beijing, New York, Hong Kong and Pittsburgh; in
Shanghai as Consul General; and in Taipei as Executive Director of the Canadian
Trade Office there. At headquarters, he has served as Special Projects Liaison,
Corporate Planning Division; Deputy Director, East Asia Trade Division; and Director
General, North Asia Bureau. He is currently diplomat-in-residence at the Institute of
Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. Ted Lipman succeeds Marius
Grinius.
Tim Martin (BA [Geography], University of Winnipeg, 1979; MA [Geography], Simon
Fraser University, 1983) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1983. He has
served abroad in Bridgetown, Addis Ababa, Ramallah and Nairobi. In Ottawa, he has
served with the Canadian International Development Agency as Project Officer,
Leeward and Windward Islands Program and subsequently as Senior Project Manager,
Central America Division. In the Department of External Affairs, he served as
Political/Economic Officer for the Horn of Africa; Deputy Coordinator, Middle East
Peace Process; and Director, Peacebuilding and Human Security, as well as Chairman
of the Kimberley Process to ban conflict diamonds. He is currently Senior Director and
Deputy Head, Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START). Mr. Martin and his
spouse, Fatima, have two daughters, Jena and Natasha. Tim Martin succeeds Yves
Gagnon.
Janet Siddall (BA, University of Toronto, 1970) joined the Immigration Foreign Service
in 1985 and has since served abroad in New Delhi, Bangkok, Paris, Manila, Hong Kong
and Singapore. At headquarters, she has served as Head of Corporate Review,
Strategic Policy, Planning and Review Division; Director, Asia Pacific Division; and
Director General, International Region. She is currently Associate Assistant Deputy
Minister for Operations at Citizenship and Immigration Canada. She succeeds Andrew
McAlister.
David Sproule (BA Honours [Political Science], University of Alberta, 1978; LLB,
University of Alberta, 1981) joined the Department of External Affairs in 1981 and
served abroad in Singapore, Bangkok, Washington, Dhaka and Kabul. In Ottawa, he
served in the Economic Law Division, the Political Intelligence Analysis Division, the
Legal Operations Division, the International Economic Relations and Summit Division,
the Legal Advisory Division, the Oceans and Environmental Law Division, the United
Nations, Human Rights and Economic Law Division, and in the Privy Council Office.
From 2004 to 2005, he served as Canada’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and
from 2005 to 2007 as Canada’s Ambassador to Afghanistan. Mr. Sproule has five
children. He succeeds Denis Comeau.
Alexandra Volkoff (BA Honours [English Literature], University of British Columbia,
1971; MPhil [Development Studies], University of Sussex, 1981) has spent most of her
working life in the international field, mainly in the area of development cooperation.
This includes 20 years with the Canadian International Development Agency and the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in programs in Asia (China, India
and Indonesia), Europe (Central Europe including the Baltics) and in multilateral
organizations (UN Programs, the Commonwealth and la Francophonie). In addition, she
worked for the United Nations (the International Atomic Energy Agency). She has
served in Beijing, Jakarta and Vienna. At headquarters she also spent time as CIDA’s
Chief Information Officer, dealing with Informational Technology and Information
Management. She is currently Executive Director, International Affairs, Immigration and
Defence with the Treasury Board Secretariat. Prior to joining the public service, she
worked as a journalist, in Canada for the Vancouver Sun and CBC Radio and
Television, and in Iran, for the Tehran Journal and the National Iranian Radio and
Television. She succeeds Lorenz Friedlaender.
