Priya Verma Thakkar

Priya Verma Thakkar currently serves as Director of Results and Delivery for the Communications and Public Affairs Branch at Health Canada, a position held since March 2022. Priya's extensive experience at Health Canada includes roles such as Interim Director of Internal Communications, Manager of Planning, Operations and Parliamentary Affairs, and Senior Advisor in the Assistant Deputy Minister's Office. Additionally, Priya has experience as a Business Strategy and Marketing Intern at Starfish Creative and has held various roles in pharmaceutical regulatory affairs and project management at Health Canada. Educationally, Priya holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology from Dalhousie University.