Jonathan Macdonald
Director, AI Strategy, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Canada
Jonathan is an executive in the Responsible Data and AI team at the Office of the Chief Information Officer at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) leading the GC policy and strategy files for AI. Recently, he led the development and launch of the AI Strategy for the Canadian Federal Public Service, the first Canadian AI Register, and the latest review of the Directive on Automated Decision-Making. Prior to this work he was responsible for setting government policy direction for protecting personal information. At TBS, he has championed data ethics through key pan-government digital projects and led the development of new digital-focused privacy tools. Prior to working at TBS, he worked at Fisheries and Oceans Canada where he began his public service career in the privacy and data ethics space and gradually took on various leadership roles in the IM/IT domain.