Christine Hogan served as Canada's Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2019 to 2022 and previously as Deputy Minister for International Trade from 2015 to 2016.
During her tenure at Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ms. Hogan helped advance Canada’s domestic and international climate change policy as well as significant initiatives focused on biodiversity and environmental protection.
Prior to her appointment at Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ms. Hogan was Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. Between 2010 and 2015, Ms. Hogan served in the Privy Council Office, initially as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet and then as Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister.
Throughout her more than 30 year public service career, Ms. Hogan has represented Canada in numerous international fora and contributed to a wide range of public policy issues including foreign policy, international development, trade policy, science and technology, sustainability, and climate change.
Ms. Hogan’s career with the Government of Canada also included serving as Vice-President for Strategic Policy and Performance at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
In this role, in addition to developing and coordinating Canada’s international assistance policy, she played a leading role in shaping and implementing Canada’s G8 Muskoka Initiative on maternal, newborn and child health. Ms. Hogan’s diverse experience has also encompassed roles as Visiting Executive in Canada’s energy sector and Advisor to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ms. Hogan serves on the Boards of World University Service Canada (WUSC) and the Canadian Partnership for Women’s and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) and is a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship.
Ms. Hogan holds a Bachelor of Public Administration from Carleton University. She is a recipient of Carleton’s Bissett Alumni Award for Distinctive Contributions to the Public Sector and is a Yale University Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow.