Jordan Zed

Biography

Jordan Zed is the Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet in Artificial Intelligence at the Privy Council Office (PCO) of the Government of Canada. He previously served as Assistant Secretary in the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat, supporting two Cabinet Committees.

Before joining PCO, Zed was Director General of the External and Trade Policy Branch at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, where he focused on international AI collaboration. A lawyer by training, he has held roles at the Treasury Board Secretariat, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Global Affairs Canada.
Zed co-founded thePANEL, a foreign policy think tank in Ottawa, and the Global Forum on Peace and Security, which analyzed UN Security Council activities while at New York University’s School of Law.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall and Dual Master of Laws Degrees at New York University School of Law in Law and the Global Economy and International Comparative Law at the National University of Singapore.