Helen Angus

Director communications

Helen is currently the CEO of AMS Healthcare, a distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and a Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. Helen is a member of the Board of MaRS Discovery District and is also Chair of the Board of Public Health Ontario and of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and a member of the Board at Unity Health.

Helen had a 30-year progressive career in the public sector including 20 years working in the Government of Ontario, ten years working in government agencies as well as four years in management consulting. From June 2018 to September 2021 Helen served as Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Health and led the health response to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as an ambitious health sector modernization agenda. During her time with the Ontario Government, Helen also served as the Deputy Minister of Treasury Board; Citizenship, Immigration and international Trade, Seniors Affairs and Women’s Issues.