# David Vigneault

david vigneault was announced as Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) on 11 May 2017, to take charge on 19 June. == Biography == Vigneault worked at the Canada Border Services Agency and was promoted to "assistant director of intelligence" at the CSIS.Vigneault progressed to the position of "assistant secretary to cabinet advising on security and intelligence" in 2013.Vigneault made headlines on 9 February 2021 when he spoke to the Centre for International Governance Innovation. In his first public speech since he was appointed Director, he named Russia and China as "countries of concern", said that "state actors have done 'significant harm' to Canadian companies" and pose "a significant danger to Canada's prosperity and sovereignty".The Sydney Morning Herald reported that he said "The government of China ...