Michel Juneau-Katsuya

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Michel Juneau-Katsuya is a former senior intelligence officer and manager at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He is internationally recognized as one of our country’s foremost experts in international and national security and intelligence, and economic and industrial espionage.

He started his career as a police officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) before transferring to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). He has performed duties as a Criminal Investigator, and Intelligence Officer in both Counter Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, and also as a Strategic Analyst on Global and Emerging Issues. He was appointed very early in his career as Chief of National Requirements where he was responsible with his unit for redefining and identifying the intelligence requirements for the Government of Canada’s federal departments following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Later, as Chief of Contingency and Emergency Planning for CSIS, he and his team were able to develop and implement the first Contingency and Emergency Plan for CSIS encompassing operational, physical and IT security. This plan received the “Best Practices in the Federal Government” special distinction from the Federal Treasury Board.

His knowledge of Asia brought him the Directorship of the Strategic Analysis Unit, Asia-Pacific. During this assignment, his unit gave particular attention to the issues of economic and industrial espionage against Canada, and to understanding the effects and ramifications to Canadian society and its economy. His team became rapidly recognized among other international intelligence services for its expertise in that particular domain. He also led a special joint project with the RCMP analyzing Chinese Organized Crime and their use of more contemporary “criminal tools” like hacking and various uses of the internet. To that effect, his group performed a special intelligence assessment on the activities of organized crime in Canada and its links to Chinese Intelligence Services. Before entering the private sector, Mr. Juneau-Katsuya concluded his career at CSIS as the National Coordinator of the Counter Terrorism Port of Entry Interdiction Program. For that program, he was responsible, with his unit, to coordinate and facilitate the work of several federal departments encompassing over 4,000 Customs, Immigrations and Police Officers in their attempt to intercept terrorists before they enter Canada.

Since he joined the private sector, he has been performing Threat and Risk Assessments and Security Audits on all continents. His work has brought him an enviable reputation for his ability to identify security issues and to focus on improving security not simply increasing it. In 2005, Mr. Juneau-Katsuya was the Project Director for the team that produced the report “A View From the Front Lines” that led to the historical decision of the Canadian Government to arm Border Officers.

In parallel with his career, he received a BA in International Relations from UQAM (Canada), an MA in Social and Political Thought from the University of Sussex (England) and pursued his doctoral studies in Political Philosophy at the University of Ottawa (Canada). He has taught at various universities and has been a regular lecturer at the CSIS Training Centre, Customs Canada Training Centre, and the Canadian Police College.

In 1994, he stated that the most imminent threat to the world was not nuclear proliferation, but simple machetes - a prophecy he considers to have been fulfilled by the Rwandan Genocide later.^[1]

Today he is the President and CEO of The Northgate Group, Canada's only private intelligence firm^[2], and frequently cited in media stories as a source on international espionage.

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1. ^ The World Forum || Political Forums
2. ^ CEUDA - Customs headlines