Linda Lizotte-MacPherson
Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the CRA

Mrs. Linda Lizotte-MacPherson was appointed Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Revenue Agency on October 13, 2009.

As Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mrs. Lizotte-MacPherson is responsible for daily operations within the Agency. She is charged with maintaining the trust of Canadians in the Agency's integrity and reliability; identifying and securing new business for the Agency; and engaging clients and stakeholders in delivering results by building coalitions.

Before joining the Agency, she was Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Chief Operating Officer for Service Canada. She was Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2005 to 2008. Mrs. Lizotte-MacPherson is an experienced business leader in both the private and public sectors, and has worked for over 25 years leading complex organizations, launching start-ups and managing large transformation and information technology programs throughout North America.

In the private sector, Mrs. Lizotte-MacPherson was President of two Canadian subsidiaries, Sapient Canada Inc. and AMS Management Systems Canada Inc., and held a number of senior executive positions with Digital Equipment of Canada. She was also the first Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Health Infoway Inc., where she successfully launched the corporation. She also served as the Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada from 1998 to 2000 as part of an executive interchange.

Mrs. Lizotte-MacPherson holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Carleton University and has completed Digital's Executive Development Program through Queen's University. She also completed the Board of Directors Program through the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mrs. Lizotte-MacPherson is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2000 E Commerce Leadership Award, the Distinction Award for Excellence in the Management of Information Technology in the Public Service, the Ottawa-Carleton YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, and was recognized in the 2004 Who's Who Canada and the 1997-98 Who's Who Among Top Executives in North America.

Bill Jones
Deputy Commissioner of the CRA

On September 21, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment of Mr. Bill Jones to the position of Deputy Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency, effective October 3, 2011.

Mr. Jones, an economist, has been the Assistant Deputy Minister, Pension and Benefits, Treasury Board Secretariat since April 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Jones was Vice-President, Corporate and Financial Services, and Chief Financial Officer, Saskatchewan Power Corporation, from 1999 to 2008. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Jones was Deputy Minister of Finance and Secretary to Treasury Board, Government of Saskatchewan. Mr. Jones holds both a Bachelor and Masters of Economics from the University of Guelph.