David MacNaughton
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David MacNaughton is a Canadian businessman, diplomat, political advisor and strategy consultant who was the chairman of StrategyCorp, a public affairs consulting firm. MacNaughton served as the Canadian ambassador to the United States from 2016 to 2019; he succeeded Gary Doer and presented his diplomatic papers to U.S. President Barack Obama on March 2, 2016. MacNaughton is currently president of Palantir Technologies Canada, a post for which he resigned his ambassadorship.[1]
David MacNaughton | |
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Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
In office March 3, 2016 ā August 31, 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Gary Doer |
Succeeded by | Kirsten Hillman |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Canadian |
MacNaugton is credited by Canadian Business with "changing the face of public affairs in Canada" through the co-creation of the firm Public Affairs Resource Group (PARG), which in 1987 brought the services of public affairs and the polling firm Decima Research under one roof.[2]