CHRISTIAN VON DONAT

VICE-PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND STRATEGY

Christian has extensive experience working in the public sector across Canada, with a proven track record of delivering results. He is a well-travelled strategist, having led Federal, Provincial, Municipal, and internal campaigns both politically and on behalf of his clients. He regularly leads strategic development, policy development, liaises with national and local media, builds successful advocacy campaigns, and furthers stakeholder relationships.

Christian worked for several years at both Queen’s Park in Toronto and at Parliament in Ottawa, working for senior Ministers and serving as a Chief of Staff. In this time, he specialized in strategy and communications, public policy development, navigating the legislative process, and stakeholder engagement. He has built key relationships for clients with both senior political stakeholders and relevant media, as well as led policy development for the federal and provincial governments.

Christian is a recipient of the 2018 Government Relations Campaign of the Year by the Canadian Public Relations Society.

Christian graduated from Western University with a Bachelor of Arts with combined Honours in Political Science and German Language and Literature.

He holds an MBA from Cornell University as well as an MBA from Queens University.