Liane Sauer is the Director General (DG), Strategic Planning with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and is responsible for strategic policy, Indigenous Consultations, international, research, evaluation, and planning and performance.  Prior to this, Ms. Sauer was the DG, Corporate Governance and Accountability with the Canada Boarder Services Agency (CBSA) and was the Agency’s Chief Risk Officer.  Before moving to CBSA, Ms. Sauer spent many years with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the last 4 of which were devoted to building the first Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program.   Ms. Sauer is the Chair of the Standards Council Canada/CSA Group’s harmonized Risk Management Technical Committee and has represented Canada at the ISO level for the past five years.

Ms. Sauer began her public service career working for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) where she managed large, complex development assistance programs in various countries.  Ms. Sauer has a Masters of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics.