Director

A career national security professional with over two decades of experience, Mr. Daniel Rogers most recently served as Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor (NSIA) to the Prime Minister since May 2023, where he supported the NSIA in coordinating and providing advice to the Prime Minister and Government on national security issues.

Concurrently, Mr. Rogers also served as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Emergency Preparedness), in support of the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, the Prime Minister, and Cabinet on issues relating to federal emergency preparedness and response.

Prior to these appointments, Mr. Rogers served as Associate Chief of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) since January 2022. He spent the majority of his career with CSE, starting in 2002 as a software developer before moving on to various leadership roles in classified intelligence programs, and as the Director of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Requirements where he oversaw policy compliance and security accreditation functions. Prior to his appointment as Associate Chief, Mr. Rogers spent four years as CSE’s Deputy Chief of Signals Intelligence, responsible for overseeing all of CSE’s foreign signals intelligence activities and foreign cyber operations.

From 2016 to 2018, he was seconded to the Privy Council Office as the Director of Operations within the Security and Intelligence Secretariat, where he held responsibilities for coordinating Cabinet business and operational issues relating to national security and intelligence, counter-terrorism, and emergency management.

Mr. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Dalhousie University with First Class Honours. He subsequently completed the Certificate Program in Public Sector Leadership and Governance from the University of Ottawa.

In 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.