Shereen Benzvy Miller, M.A., LL.B, is the Director General responsible for the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Engagement. This means she plays a pivotal role in bringing the perspectives of suppliers and government buyers together to help federal procurement meet the needs of suppliers, the government, and Canadians.

Since joining Public Works and Government Services Canada in 2008, Shereen has been instrumental in the introduction of e-strategy initiatives including the launch of buyandsell.gc.ca, of a new approach to procurement embodied in the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program, and the streamlining of procurement through the National Procurement Strategies for Goods and Services. Her office also works within government to reduce barriers to effective, efficient procurement, and provides assistance to government and suppliers, especially small and medium enterprises wishing to do business with the government.

Ms. Miller joined the federal public service in the 1990s when she was recruited by the Correctional Service of Canada for her experience as a human rights lawyer.

For your convenience, David Kilgour's biography is also available
in longer form at www.david-kilgour.com under the “About David” icon.

David Kilgour is co-chair of the Canadian Friends of a Democratic Iran, a director of the Washington-based Council for a Community of Democracies (CCD), a Fellow of the Queen's University Centre for the Study of Democracy, a director of the New York-based NGO Advancing Human Rights and a director of the Ottawa Mission (for homeless men) Foundation.

First elected to the House of Commons in 1979, he was re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004, for the south-east region of Edmonton. During his time in Parliament, he was Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committees of the Whole House, Secretary of State for Latin America & Africa (1997-2002) and Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific (2002-2003). He did not run in the 2006 election.

David is active on issues of human dignity.  A 2007 book, UneasyNeighbo(u)rs, co-authored with David Jones, a former American diplomat, discusses the relationship of Canada and the USA. In 2009, he published with David Matas Bloody Harvest-The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs. He and Matas were nominated in 2010 for the Nobel Peace Prize and awarded the 2009 Human Rights Prize of the International Society for Human Rights in Switzerland for their work in raising awareness of state-sponsored organ pillaging in China.

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