Serge Dupont is a Senior Advisor with the law firm Bennett Jones LLP. He provides advice to clients in the public and private sectors on public policy and

governance. Before joining the firm in 2018, Serge served for close to 35 years in the Government of Canada in the domains of economic and financial policy. In 2016-17, he was Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Serge has since continued to act for the Government of Canada under specific mandates as Senior Executive Advisor in the Privy Council Office. He was

appointed in 2020 to advise on electrification in Atlantic Canada. In 2019, he supported the federal decision on the TMX pipeline project.

From 2014 to 2016, Serge was Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Before then, Serge was Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), overseeing federal responsibilities for energy, mining, forestry, and earth

sciences.

Serge joined NRCan in June 2008 to lead the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) and to advise on Canada’s nuclear policy.

From 2001 to 2008, Serge held senior positions in Finance Canada.  During his career, he was a Finance counsellor in Canada’s mission in Paris (1993-96),

Departmental Assistant to the Minister of Finance (1996-97), and Corporate Secretary of Industry Canada (now Innovation, Science and Economic

Development Canada, 1997-99).

Serge holds a B.Sc. (University of Ottawa, 1981) and an M.A.Sc. (University of Waterloo, 1984) in Management Sciences. He participated in the international

program of the Ecole nationale d’administration (Paris, 1988-89).