Civil Circles

Alex Benay: the public service’s disruptor-in-chief

‘His position requires him to challenge everything—he was not hired to surf on the status quo,’ says Shared Services VP Sarah Paquet.

As chief information officer, Alex Benay's job is to bring the whole of government into the digital age.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

February 20, 2019

Alex Benay, the country's chief information officer, doesn’t really have his own office in the Flaherty Building. Instead, he sits near the window, surrounded by his staff. He was ...

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