Greg Ivey [CAN]

Head of ISR Air, Land & Maritime Defence Investment Division, NATO HQ

Greg Ivey serves in the Defence Investment Division of NATO International Staff as Head of Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Land and Maritime domains. Situated in NATO HQ, Brussels, his team of experts plays a leading role in policy and capability development, support and oversight in the areas of Alliance Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Land and Maritime standardization and interoperability, as well as major NATO capability programs. His portfolio includes multi-domain capability efforts such as the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control programme, the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space multi-national programme, and Digital Ocean. He serves on NATO’s Digital Transformation Task Force whose mandate is to establish a data driven Alliance capable of deciding and acting at both speed and at scale with a view to achieving its political and military objectives. He is the Vice Chair of both the NATO Naval Armaments Group and the NATO Army Armaments Group, under the Conference of National Armaments Directors. A former Canadian Army officer with over 25 years of experience in operations, defence planning, strategic policy development, and military capability development, he served as Canada’s Deputy Military Representative to NATO before retiring from military service. He joined the NATO International Staff in 2021. Greg holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and a Masters of Defence Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a graduate of the Government of Canada’s year-long National Security Program, designed to prepare selected military, public service, international and private-sector executive leaders for future responsibilities within a complex and ambiguous global security environment. He is married with three children who all share his passion for outdoor adventure and travel.