Mr. Matthews has held various senior level positions within the Office of the Comptroller General and Treasury Board Secretariat with responsibilities in the area of financial management policy, Estimates, evaluation and expenditure management.

Mr. Matthews is a chartered professional accountant with over 27 years of experience in accounting and financial management in both the public and private sectors. He was named a Fellow by the Chartered Professional Accountants in October 2016.He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Dalhousie University.

Mr. Matthews is a member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board – Consultative Advisory Group. He also serves as a board member of the Public Sector Accounting Board and the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Mental Health Research.

Danielle came to ADM(Fin) from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), where she had been Director, Branch Planning in the Vice President Comptrollership and Chief Financial Officer Branch since 2013. Prior to that, Danielle spent seven years as a Senior Analyst in Director Military Personnel Planning and Program Coordination at Chief Military Personnel, providing advice and guidance to the L1 on planning and performance for program activities such as recruitment, training, healthcare, and history and heritage. From 2001 to 2006, also at National Defence, Danielle was the Staff Officer to the Director General Compensation and Benefits and an Administrative Assistant at the Canadian Forces Housing Agency.

Danielle obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Ottawa and completed the Senior Executive Advanced Finance and Accounting Program in May 2018. Ever the outdoor enthusiast, she spends her spare time as a ski coach, ski official and instructor in the winter, and camping with her husband, John, and their daughter, Isla, in the summer.

Colonel Brodie served as Quartermaster of the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, and she was the first woman to command 1 Service Battalion, the largest unit in the Canadian Field Force. An aerial delivery specialist, Colonel Brodie also acquired skills from basic parachutist, to military freefall parachute specialist to then earn her American jump wings while on exchange with the 2nd/75th Ranger Battalion.

During the past two years, Colonel Brodie’s focus has shifted from strategic logistics to strategic leadership. She recently returned from Washington D.C. where she was on the faculty of the Strategic Leadership Department at the Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defence University. She currently works in Ottawa for the Chief of Military Personnel.

In 2013, Colonel Brodie was named to WXN Canada’s Top 100 List of the most powerful women in the country. She holds degrees in Military Strategic Studies, Defence Studies, National Resource Strategy and a certificate in Global Supply Chain Management.

Colonel Brodie is married to Dr. Dennis Filips, a trauma surgeon, innovator and entrepreneur. They have three young children and a large shaggy dog.