Kris Purdy
Deputy Director General, Intelligence Policy and Partnerships
Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
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Colonel Kris Purdy enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces in 2000, serving as a Military Police Officer with 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and Canadian Forces Base Petawawa before transferring to the Intelligence Branch in 2004. As a junior Intelligence Officer, he performed a variety of intelligence training and staff functions at the Land Force Central Area Headquarters, Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence and Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. He has held sub-unit command positions within the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command and the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group and was also privileged to serve in the role of Assistant Defence Attach茅 with the Embassy of Canada to Jordan.
On promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in 2017, he served as the first Director of the Joint Targeting Intelligence Centre within the Canadian Joint Operations Command, and was subsequently appointed as Commanding Officer of Joint Task Force X. Following Unit Command, he became Deputy Director of Joint Integration on the staff of the Chief of Combat Systems Integration. Promoted to his current rank in 2023, Colonel Purdy deployed in the role of Commander of Task Force Democratic Republic of the Congo, Operation CROCODILE. Upon return, he undertook a developmental period of research and teaching at Queen鈥檚 University, following which, he was posted to his current position of Deputy Director General for Intelligence Policy and Partnerships.
Colonel Purdy has served internationally in Afghanistan, Jordan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary鈥檚 University, and a Master of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College Joint Command and Staff Program and has completed a defence fellowship with the Centre for International and Defence Policy, Queen鈥檚 University. He was invested into the Order of Military Merit in 2018 and has been awarded the Chief of Defence Staff and Vice Chief of Defence Staff Commendations.