Andrew Brown

Andrew was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) in February 2023.

Prior to this appointment, he worked at ESDC since 2014 on Employment Insurance policy, pandemic benefits policy and labour issues. Most recently, he was the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister responsible for skills and employment programming.

Earlier in his career, Andrew worked as an Advisor at the Privy Council Office on files related to the Canada-United States border from 2012 until 2014; and on citizenship, immigration and refugee programs in Canada and abroad.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) degree from Queen’s University (Kingston) and a doctorate in Physics from the University of Alberta.