Helen has over twenty years of public service experience as an HR strategy and policy leader, four of which were spent at Transport Canada, where she led a learning and development transformation initiative. After successfully completing an EMBA, Helen is using newly acquired skills in her program and policy analysis role at Agriculture Canada. Her work has centered on supporting her organization’s contribution to the Indo-Pacific Strategy and contributing to improved, more inclusive business development programming that aligns with key government priorities. Highlights of Helen’s skills and experience are outlined below:

Effective communicator, mentor and collaborator, with extensive experience in building win-win outcomes by understanding others’ needs and leveraging interest-based negotiation and mediation training.
Experience in applying business analysis tools such as: Diamond E Framework, Porter’s Five Forces, Driving Forces, and PESTLE to measure our Ottawa high-tech client’s readiness to expand into the Malaysian SD-WAN and UC market; and developing joint venture criteria and company prospect profiling tools- all contributing to our client securing nine requests for partnership agreements.
Two decades’ experience in improving organizational performance in the areas of: HR planning and performance measurement; learning strategies and policies; governance; workplace well-being; knowledge transfer strategy; and change management initiatives.
In-depth experience leading federal government interdepartmental committees and conducting consultations and stakeholder engagement with central agencies, clients, academics, industry, unions, and other federal Departments.
Experienced in conducting Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) to better understand inequities/barriers in agriculture programs and advise on more inclusive programming.