Biographical Notes – Werner Liedtke

Mr. Werner Liedtke joined the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) in March 2019 as Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Commissioner, Corporate Services.

Before joining FCAC, Mr. Liedtke had a long career in the military. In 1988, he graduated with a Bachelor of Administration from Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean.

In 2006, Mr. Liedtke was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, after which he served as the Information Management Group Comptroller and as Director of Budget 3, responsible for budget operations within the Department of National Defence. In 2009, he assumed command of the Canadian Forces Support Unit (Europe) in Germany.

In 2010, Mr. Liedtke was promoted to Colonel, serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force as Director of Air Comptrollership and Business Management. In 2015, he was promoted to Brigadier-General and worked as the Director General for Financial Management.

He retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in October 2017, and worked as the Director General and Deputy Chief Financial Officer of National Defence until March 2019.

Mr. Liedtke is a Certified Management Accountant and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ottawa and a Masters in Defence Studies from the  Royal Military College. He also graduated from the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in 2006.