Why strategic thinking in government matters

Speakers

• Jeannine Ritchot

  Assistant Deputy Minister Multilateral Relations and Internal Trade – Intergovernmental Affairs Privy Council Office.

  Canada

• Adam Parr

  Research Associate, University of Oxford

  United Kingdom

• Kit Collingwood

  Assistant Director, Digital and Customer Services - Royal Borough of Greenwich

  United Kingdoom

• Jeannine Ritchot, Assistant Deputy Minister Multilateral Relations and Internal Trade – Intergovernmental Affairs Privy Council Office. Jeannine joined Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office in April 2022. As the Assistant Deputy Minister of Multilateral Relations and Internal Trade, she is a senior member of the team of Canadian civil servants advising the Prime Minister on matters such as national unity, the evolution of the federation, and removing interprovincial barriers to trade as a means to bolster Canada’s economic resilience. Prior to this, Jeannine was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Communications and Portfolio Sector at Natural Resources Canada. She has also held executive positions at Treasury Board Secretariat, Health Canada, and the Public Health Agency of Canada. In 2020, for her efforts in promoting international and interprovincial regulatory cooperation as a means of removing barriers to trade, she became an inaugural recipient of the Apolitical and World Economic Forum “Agile 50” Award, which recognized the 50 Most Influential People in the World Revolutionizing Governance. In 2019, Jeannine became the first woman to serve as Chair of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee. She was also a peer reviewer of governance structures for international regulatory cooperation in the U.K. and Mexico and negotiated the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Good Regulatory Practices Chapter. Jeannine has strong community roots and is a fierce advocate for the advancement of women and girls in sport. She is a donor and mentor to women athletes at the University of Ottawa and is Chair of Girls on the Run Ottawa, an organization that teaches girls to live joyful, self-confident lives through physical activity. Jeannine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Ottawa and a Master of Arts degree in Conflict Studies from St. Paul University / University of Ottawa.

• Adam Parr, an Oxford-based barrister researching law, enterprise, and the environment, has had a 30-year career encompassing finance, law, industry, and sport, and has lived and worked in Japan, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Between 2006 and 2012 he worked for the Williams Formula One team as chief executive and chairman. Since leaving Formula One, Adam has helped build a number of companies as a VC investor and founder. He chairs Oxford Semantic Technologies, Cheesecake Energy Limited and Homeland Conservation, a charitable trust dedicated to accelerating action on climate. He is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and a Business Fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment.