Former Deputy National Security Adviser Daniel Rogers Appointed as New CSIS Director

Daniel Rogers appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa, on Oct. 9, 2024. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Daniel Rogers, former deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, has been appointed the new head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

He succeeds David Vigneault, who stepped down in July as the ninth CSIS director after holding the position for seven years.

Rogers will officially assume his role on Oct. 28. Most recently, he has also served as deputy secretary to the Cabinet in the Privy Council Office.

Prior to that, he held several positions in national security and intelligence, including roles within the Communications Security Establishment, which is responsible for providing foreign signals intelligence to the government and safeguarding electronic communications.

Kevin Brosseau, currently associate deputy minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will step in to fill Rogers’s former role as deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister and deputy secretary to the cabinet.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Rogers’s appointment on Oct. 15 as part of a broader reshuffle in the senior ranks of the public service.

Other changes include moving Christiane Fox, the current deputy clerk of the Privy Council, to deputy intergovernmental affairs minister, and Philip Jennings, former executive director at the International Monetary Fund, to deputy innovation minister.

Tricia Geddes, currently associate deputy minister of public safety, is promoted to deputy public safety minister, effective on Oct. 31. Tushara Williams will transition from deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs to deputy secretary to the cabinet.