Greg Gertz is President of Gertz Communications Inc, which he founded in 1995 and incorporated in 1999.  He has since completed scores of communications projects for clients in more than 20 public sector departments, agencies and organizations.

Greg's achievements prior to establishing Gertz Communications prepared him well to offer broad-based, knowledgeable advice to his public sector clients. After a five year stint as a Toronto-based national business journalist for one of Canada's largest publishers, he was appointed press secretary to the Premier of Saskatchewan in 1979, a position he held until 1982.

He then joined the Government of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was responsible for coordinating the communications activities of the government's economic development departments and agencies in the the province of Nova Scotia.

His work there earned him an invitation in 1986 to join the communications secretariat of the Government of Canada's primary central agency, the Privy Council Office (PCO) in Ottawa.

Over the next three years he contributed to the development of a new government communications policy, chairing inter-departmental working groups on public environment analysis and regional communications.  He was also responsible for a portfolio of departments, working with them and PCO policy analysts on communications strategies for issues coming before Cabinet for a decision.

In 1989, Greg became a policy officer in PCO's Security and Intelligence Secretariat, where he drafted policy documents and memoranda on foreign intelligence issues for the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

He attended Canada's National Defence College in 1992-93, and was subsequently appointed Director of Global Issues and Operations in PCO's Intelligence Assessment Secretariat.  There he oversaw the writing of intelligence reports for senior government officials and Cabinet by a team of inter-departmental intelligence analysts.  He was also responsible for the management of the Secretariat's finances and administration.

As an independent consultant, Greg works directly with his clients, drawing on his extensive experience to help them use communications to achieve their objectives.

He is a member of the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) and the International Association of Business Communicators. Accredited (APR) by CPRS in 1986, he is a former Treasurer of the Society's Ottawa/Gatineau Chapter and a former national board member.  Greg has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and an Honours Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University.

Greg can be reached at gertz@magma.ca or at (613) 730-2764, Fax (613) 730-2765