COLONEL ALAIN-MICHEL PELLERIN (RETIRED)
Colonel Pellerin is a former Senior Executive in the Canadian Forces (rank of Colonel) with extensive exposure to international negotiations, public policy, diplomacy, protocol and hospitality functions and problem solving, in Canada and numerous European countries. He spent 17 years in Europe including 10 years in NATO agencies, in Brussels and Rome. Colonel Pellerin has been the Executive Director of the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security since1998. The Mandate of the Council is to develop and advance innovative Canadian policies on issues of international peace and security. It does this through research, publications (Aurora Papers), seminars, roundtables, media briefings and public speaking. He has also been the Director, Speakers Programme since 1996. Colonel Pellerin was assigned to the NATO Defense College in Rome as a Faculty Advisor/Facilitator from 1991 to 1993 and the Chief of Staff from 1993 to 1996. He served as the Director and Deputy Director, Nuclear and Arms Control Policy, Department of National Defence from 1987 to 1991. Colonel Pellerin also served as Senior Staff Officer Canadian Military Representative to NATO (1982-87); Policy Advisor Peacekeeping-Directorate of International Policy (1978-81); Faculty Advisor/Facilitator-Canadian Forces Staff School (1976-78); Command and Staff Appointment in Canada and Europe (1965-75). He earned an MA, Summa Cum Laude, International Relations, Boston University; BA, Honours, Economics/Political Science, Royal Military College, Canada, Diploma, Political/Economic/Social/Military Aspects of Collective Security and Defense, NATO Defense College, Executive-level Leadership and Conflict Management Course-Canadian Forces Command and Staff College. His publications include Pellerin Alain, “NATO Enlargement: Where we Came From and Where it Leaves Us,” Aurora Paper, CCIPS, 1997; and “NATO Enlargement, The Way Ahead”, Canada Among Nations, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, 1998. Presented two papers, in 1997 and 1999, on broad security issues to the Chinese Institute for International Strategic Studies in Beijing.