Guy Halpern

Guy Halpern is a Senior Advisor with Impact and Innovation Unit (IIU). Guy is supporting the IIU’s departmental partners on the Government of Canada’s defence priority through strategic analysis, risk mitigation and change management.

Prior to joining the IIU, Guy worked internationally at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in France, advising OECD senior management and OECD and partner countries on balancing economic growth and industrial development with mitigating environmental impacts. Before that he held positions at Natural Resources Canada in the Energy Policy Branch, at the Ontario Power Authority on renewable energy, and in international development in Central Asia and Southeast Asia.

Guy holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Environment and Resource Studies from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Arts in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of Global Governance.