Jill Sinclair is a leading member of Canada’s defence, international security and foreign policy community.

She co-leads an executive programme on Geo-Politics and National Security at the Canada School of Public Service and acts as a strategic defence and institutional reform Advisor with Ukraine. Jill served for seven years as Assistant Deputy Minister Policy at the Dept of National Defence and was Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet at the Privy Council Office, Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat.

She joined government as a Foreign Service Officer, with postings in Prague, Havana and the Middle East ( with responsibility for Middle East peace process issues). At Global Affairs she served as Director General, International Security; Director of the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation and Director of Human Security and Global Issues.

In these leadership positions, Jill has negotiated and represented Canada, working with many regions of the world, bilaterally and through multilateral organizations including the UN system; the European Union; the Council of Europe; NATO and NORAD; the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Arctic Council; G7 process;