Dr. Jaspinder Komal
Former CVO for Canada, 2017-2021
Dr. Jaspinder Komal is the Vice President of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Science Branch, as well as the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Delegate for Canada.
He was elected as Vice President of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas, and President of the Regional Steering Committee for the Global Framework for Progressive Management of Transboundary Animal Diseases in 2019.
In 2020, Dr. Komal became a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He has a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a post-graduate degree in Veterinary Microbiology from the Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.