CNSC Executive Committee Members

President and CEO
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One member of the Commission Tribunal is designated as the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's (CNSC's) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  This position is currently held by Mr. Michael Binder.  Read more about Mr. Michael Binder.

Ramzi Jammal, Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Officer

Regulatory Operations Branch

Ramzi Jammal, MBA, BSc
Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Officer

Ramzi Jammal has worked for the CNSC since 1998, holding progressively senior positions. He has accumulated over 20 years of experience in the nuclear industry, combining management skills with scientific expertise, and representing the CNSC in various international activities. These include the development and establishment of the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, and the international categorization of radioactive sources. He also played a key role in ensuring that the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiation Protection complemented the CNSC’s regulatory needs.

Prior to joining the CNSC, Mr. Jammal was the Technical Manager of the Department of Radiological Sciences Nuclear Medicine Division at the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. Under his leadership, the department became the first filmless nuclear medicine department in Canada.

He has received several academic awards, including the North American Society of Nuclear Medicine’s First Place Award for new scientific advancements in nuclear medicine.

Terry Jamieson, Vice-President

Technical Support Branch

Terry Jamieson
Vice-President

Terry Jamieson has been with the CNSC since 2007. He has over 25 years of experience in the Canadian nuclear safety and environmental industries, and has held technical and management positions in the areas of radiation protection, environmental protection, nuclear security and safeguards, and safety assessment.

Mr. Jamieson began his career as a nuclear design engineer at Ontario Hydro. He then worked as a researcher in the Library of Parliament’s Science/Technology Research group, and subsequently became Senior Nuclear Engineer at ECS Power Systems. From 1989 to 2007, he worked at the Science Applications International Corporation, where he rose to the positions of Chief Operating Officer, Vice-President and Division Manager.

He has authored many technical publications and was a recipient of the American Nuclear Society’s Best Paper Award in 1996. The Canadian Nuclear Society awarded him the J.S. Hewitt Team Achievement Award in 2000 for the creative conceptualization and innovative application of a thermal neutron-activation-based system for detecting non-metallic land mines.

Gordon White, Vice-President

Regulatory Affairs Branch

Gordon White
Vice-President

Gordon White assumed the position of Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs Branch at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on May 2, 2011, returning from a one-year Interchange assignment with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, where he was Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Corporate Finance and Operations Branch.

Mr. White joined the CNSC in 2008 as Vice-President, Corporate Services Branch, and Chief Financial Officer. From 1997 to 2008, he worked with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), where he held several senior executive positions culminating as Vice-President, Finance, Administration and Information Technology Branch (CFO). Before joining the CFIA, he occupied senior positions with the Office of the Receiver General for Canada and the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Gordon started his federal service career with the Office of the Auditor General of Canada.

Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bishop’s University and is a graduate of the Queen’s University Executive Program. He has over 35 years of experience in the federal public service, and is well known and respected in the federal corporate management community.

Michel Cavallin, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Services Branch

Michel Cavallin
Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Michel Cavallin was selected as the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Services Branch (CSB), in May 2010. Prior to joining the CNSC, Mr. Cavallin was Vice-President, Common Administrative Services, the Shared Administrative/Management Services Group at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). There he was responsible for the full range of corporate services, including administration, finance, human resources and information management and technology to two separate and distinct organizations. Prior to joining NSERC/SSHRC in 1997, Mr. Cavallin occupied senior positions with the National Research Council, Transport Canada and Revenue Canada, serving in both Ottawa and Winnipeg.

Mr. Cavallin has extensive experience in corporate governance and has contributed to the HR community in particular through his participation in a variety of organizations, boards and committees. He chaired the board for the Human Resources Information System Group, which includes representatives of 32 small government departments and agencies. He served as the separate employer representative to the inaugural Advisory Board, Compensation and Analysis and Research for the Public Service of Canada and is a longstanding member of the Compensation Review Committee for the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

He has an Executive MBA from the University of Ottawa, and over 25 years of experience in the federal public service, with the last 17 years in separate-employer environments.

Jacques Lavoie, Senior General Counsel

Legal Services Unit

Jacques Lavoie
Senior General Counsel

In 2004, Jacques Lavoie was appointed by Justice Canada as General Counsel to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Legal Services Division. Following an assignment with Public Safety Canada, he rejoined the CNSC team in 2008, as Senior General Counsel, and was tasked by the President to create an in-house legal service independent from Justice Canada.

He has studied law at the Université de Sherbrooke in Québec and criminology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Canadian Bar Association. Over the last 25 years, he has gained extensive experience in law, policing and the administration of justice in British Columbia, Québec and Ontario, through his work with Public Safety Canada, Justice Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Canada Firearms Centre and the Department of National Defence (DND). 

Marc Leblanc, Commission Secretary

Commission Secretary

Marc Leblanc

Marc Leblanc has been Commission Secretary and a member of the CNSC Executive Committee since October 2001. Mr. Leblanc previously held senior management positions, such as Chief of Enforcement and Senior Policy Analyst, in the Corporations Directorate of Industry Canada. He has taught at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law for more than 12 years, specializing in corporate and securities law, and is an advisor on business law to the École du Barreau du Québec.

He received two law degrees from the University of Ottawa, was part of the first Master’s program in electronic commerce offered by Dalhousie University, and won the Prix de l’Ambassade de France for academic excellence. He is also the recipient of the Silver Medal, Distinction 2000 Award (GTEC), for completing one of the first electronic commerce projects in the Canadian Public Service.