Speaker

Lieutenant-General (retired) Stuart Beare is Strategic Advisor within Accenture's Health and Public Service practice in Canada - and is a leader within Accenture’s Global Defence Council. He serves at the intersection of Industry, Accenture, Government and Defence institutions to deliver capabilities in support of National Security and Defence to Canada and Canadians as well as in support of our Western Military and Defence Partners. He serve 36 years in uniform, concluding that service as Commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command - responsible for the planning and conduct of Canadian Armed Forces operations at home and globally - alongside interagency, coalition and alliance partners. For the past 10 years he brings professional experience, institutional knowledge, and understanding of Defence to Accenture leadership, development, and delivery teams. He engages with our clients and partners to share insights into how to expose institutional and operational challenges and opportunities, and how new ways of performing across the business of Defence can be realized – from the tactical edge to the coalition, alliance and national levels. He coaches and assists Accenture and clients to power change - and empowers the best each have to transform the ways they work – and what they achieve. With a combined 46 years of operational, institutional, enterprise, and industry experience – Stuart is enabling us to better understand and bring value to a whole range of Defence business and mission functions - from the corporate space to the battle space.