Alexandra MacEachern (she/her)

Alex is a digital transformation expert who works with leaders and their teams to adopt Internet era ways of working and reap the benefits they afford.

Drawing on a rich experience across government policy and politics, Alex specialises in dismantling blockers and translating a vision for change into actionable steps. Engaging a broad range of stakeholders and fostering collaboration, she crafts strategies that support, empower and fund agile teams. 

While acting as a public servant, Alex enjoyed a varied career at the Treasury Board Secretariat, including at the Canadian Digital Service (CDS), where she was Chief of Staff to the CEO in a period which saw the team grow from 30 to 150 people. She was instrumental in delivering flagship CDS programmes including Covid Alert, which had nearly 7 million users. Her other roles included Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Strategic Engagement, where she worked on the Digital Credentials Programme for Canada. Alex’s career began as a lawyer working against internet child exploitation, and pivoted into senior policy advisor roles for three Cabinet Ministers on Parliament Hill.

She joined Public Digital nearly two years ago where she has provided strategic advice and delivery help to the Governments of Ontario, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island. She has co-authored the Radical How for Canada and contributes regularly to the public discourse on Canada’s digital transformation.