The Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
Caroline Xavier was appointed to the position of Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) on August 31, 2022. She is also the Deputy Minister Champion for Racialized Employees since March 2024 and was a member of the Clerk’s Task Team on Values and Ethics in September 2023.
Prior to her most recent appointment, Caroline held the position of Associate Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada between February 2020 and August 2022, and Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence at the Privy Council Office from 2017 to 2020.
Over the course of her more than 30 years of service in the Federal public service, Caroline occupied numerous key senior-level positions within the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), CSE, Industry Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with responsibilities in the areas of IT infrastructure and operations, foreign, domestic intelligence and security policies, public safety, security, and national security.
Caroline holds a Bachelor’s degree in Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Informatics from the University of Ottawa and an Executive Master’s degree in Electronic Commerce from Dalhousie University.