Prior to his appointment, Jean-François had been a volunteer with RESULTS Canada for 23 years. He was instrumental in various RESULTS Canada's successes over the course of its history, from the World Summit for Children to some of our recent breakthroughs in maternal and child health advocacy. Moreover, he was instrumental in developing the organization's capacity by co-founding the Ottawa and Gatineau groups, and helping start several other groups both in Canada and abroad. Jean-François has previously occupied several leadership roles within the organization, for example as National Coordinator from 1988 to 2001, as a member of RESULTS Canada's Board of Directors, and until recently as Chair of RESULTS Educational Fund. Jean-François was previously Secretary General for Canada’s Public Service Commission. He left the public service having occupied a number of senior roles throughout his career, both with the Public Service Commission and as a Senior Negotiator at the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Jean-François holds a Diplôme from Institut Études Politiques de Paris, a Masters in Public Administration (Université Laval) and a graduate diploma in Business Administration (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris). He is a member of the Board of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation. He speaks French, English and Spanish fluently and enjoys skiing and choral singing. He and his wife Leticia have two teenage daughters.

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