Chief Data Officer and Director General of Data and Information Services, Privy Council Office
Kara Beckles is Chief Data Officer and Director General of Data and Information Services at the Privy Council Office (PCO). As an active and experienced data leader in the Government of Canada, she has held various executive positions across the public service, including Director General of Data Integration in PCO's Result and Delivery Unit and Chief Economist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. She has also held various strategic, policy and analytical roles at Finance Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Statistics Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and PCO. Kara holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from the University of Winnipeg and a Master of Arts in economics from Dalhousie University.
Participating in: Data strategy renewal for the federal public service
