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Lieutenant-General (Retired) George Macdonald joined CFN Consultants
in Jan 2005 after serving 38 years in the Canadian Forces, culminating
in the position of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff from 2001 to 2004,
following three years as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of NORAD.
Initially, LGen Macdonald spent several years as an operational
fighter pilot. He has commanded at the squadron, base/wing, and air
division level. Throughout his career, he held many leadership
positions in Ottawa, and has served with NATO forces in Germany and
Norway, and with North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) in
both Winnipeg and Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also held the
position of Director of Operations in the Foreign and Defence Policy
Secretariat in the Privy Council Office.
In addition to his broad operational experience, LGen has extensive
executive-level expertise in military requirements and capability
planning, all aspects of defence program management, corporate change
management, international security issues, and Canada-U.S. relations
(including bilateral security issues, joint planning, NORAD and
ballistic missile defence). In his last position as Vice Chief of the
Defence Staff, LGen Macdonald was the senior resource manager for DND
and was responsible for strategic planning. As the second senior
officer in the CF and chief of staff of National Defence Headquarters,
he worked closely with both the Deputy Minister and the Chief of the
Defence Staff on both resource and operational issues.
LGen Macdonald is a graduate of the University of Calgary and the
National Defence College. He has participated in executive seminars at
Harvard University and with the Canadian School of Public Service and
has been published on several topics, including change leadership,
interoperability, knowledge management, and ballistic missile defence.
Keywords: Canada-US issues, NORAD, ballistic missile defence,
space issues, military capabilities, DND capital equipment spending,
DND resource management, DND budget, domestic and continental
security.
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