Kerry Buck
Kerry Buck
Senior fellow


Room
FSS 6055

If you would like to contact this Senior Fellow, please send an e-mail to Patrick Leblond ([email protected]), and he will forward your e-mail to Kerry Buck.

Biography

Kerry Buck was, upon her retirement from the Canadian public service, Assistant Secretary, Economic Sector at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Prior to that appointment, she was Canada's Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council (NATO). She held senior executive positions at Global Affairs Canada: Political Director and Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs; Assistant Deputy Minister portfolios for Africa and for Latin America and the Caribbean; head of the Afghanistan Task Force; Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb, for Afghanistan and for Public Diplomacy and Federal-Provincial Affairs; Director for Human Rights. Outside of GAC, Kerry served, among other positions, in the Privy Council Office as Director of Operations for Machinery of Government Secretariat responsible for Cabinet and Ministerial mandates. Kerry holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario (BA Hons, Political Science) and McGill University (LLB, BCL).

Expertise

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • International Security
  • NATO
  • Human rights
  • Public-sector management