Mr Dave Anderson is a retired Brigadier-General who served in the CAF from 1980 to 2020, spanning 8 years as a reservist and 32 years in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.  Upon retirement he became the Senior Advisor Digital Transformation to the CAF.  He is now an independent Strategist and Consultant, 

With tours in Cyprus, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, he has significant tactical and operational experience. At the strategic level, he was the Chief of Defence Staff’s Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington DC, and then deployed to Iraq for 14 months. On his return from Iraq, he was appointed Chief of Staff Readiness at the Canadian Joint Operations Command.  In that role he led the team that produced the Pan-Domain Force Employment Concept, was COS for the CAF response to COVID 19, and as the Digital Transformation lead for the CAF, he was a key contributor to the design and writing of the CAF Digital Campaign Pan, and the design and development of the Pan Domain Command and Control Concept. 

He is married to Lisette Anderson, and lives in Ottawa. His personal interests include cooking, reading, gardening, reminiscing over the days when he was young enough to still play rugby, and riding his dual-sport motorcycle – mostly without crashing - at every opportunity.

This event is organized by the Carleton Military and Defence Society