Samir Chhabra

Samir Chhabra is the Director General of Marketplace Framework Policy at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). In this role, Samir oversees the development of policy advice on the effective functioning of Canada’s marketplaces, including corporate and insolvency law, privacy and data protection, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, and competition law. More recently, he has been cross-appointed as the

Deputy Executive Director of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (CAISI) to lead the policy, coordination and international engagement functions of the CAISI. Samir has broad experience in public policy development and implementation, having worked at all three Canadian central agencies (Privy Council Office, Department of Finance, Treasury Board Secretariat) as well as with the Department of National Defence, amongst others. He also has significant private sector experience, including as a strategy consultant in London, UK, where he advised organizations including the UK Home Office and large NHS

hospitals on service delivery improvement opportunities.