Tom Thackeray is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Government and Program Support Services Division with Service Alberta. In this role, his responsibilities include the administration of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act as well as the recently enacted Personal Information Protection Act. Tom's group also has responsibility for administration of records and information management across the government. The Division is responsible for all legislative planning for the department as well as the Compliance, Accountability and Risk Management Branch that provides services across the department. His team is leading the implementation of a comprehensive Information Management Framework for the government. Mr. Thackeray is currently the Chair of both the Privacy Sub-committee and the Information Management Sub-committee of the Public Sector CIO Council. Previous to his current position, Tom spent a number of years in the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner as a Portfolio Officer and Health Team Leader.