Reid Morden

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The former director of CSIS, Reid Morden ran the service from 1988 until 1992.

A graduate of Dalhousie University, today he serves as a chairman on the Board of Governors for Trent University. He also runs the legal firm Reid Morden & Associates

In June 2005, Morden was appointed to assist the commission dealing with the case of Maher Arar in 2005.

During that time he also served on the Volcker Inquiry, although critics claimed he held a conflict of interest.

Morden previously held the position of deputy minister of Foreign Affairs REID MORDEN


Reid Morden is President, Reid Morden & Associates which provides advice and comment on intelligence, security, and public policy issues. He is currently on an exclusive assignment as Executive Director of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Program.

A career public servant, he has held a number of senior positions, including Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President and CEO of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Following these appointments, Mr. Morden spent four years in the private sector, mostly dealing with business intelligence and the security and intelligence sector more generally, with such firms as Kroll and KPMG Forensic Inc.

Mr. Morden graduated from Dalhousie University and has received an honorary LLD from the University. He chairs the Board of Governors of Trent University and sits on the Board of Directors of the Homeland Security Leadership Alliance. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the International MBA program at the Schulich School of Business at York University and the Institute for the Study of International Terrorism and Violence. Mr. Morden is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) and a holder of the Ian L. MacRae Award from the nuclear industry.

Source: http://www.cdfai.org/fellows/reidmorden.htm

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