Item - 2021.MM34.46

City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Thomas Azouz to the position of Interim Deputy City Manager for the City of Toronto, with such appointment to be effective on July 1, 2021 and ending when City Council appoints a new Deputy City Manager and commences their term, subject to and following written acceptance by Thomas Azouz of the employment agreement offered by the City.

2.  City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate terms and conditions of employment with Thomas Azouz.

3.  City Council authorize the public release of the name and curriculum vitae summary of the Interim Deputy City Manager in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 8, 2021) from the City Manager.

The following Curriculum Vitae Summary for Thomas Azouz is now public:

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

February 2020 – now   General Manager, Employment and Social Services (TESS),

                                      City of Toronto

2017 – 2020                  Director General, EX-03, Program Delivery Branch (PDB),

                                      Government of Canada, Employment and Social Development,

                                      Service Canada

2017                              Executive Director, Business Expertise, EX-02, PDB

2015 – 2017                  Director, EX-01, Planning, Accountability and Strategic Analysis

                                      (PASA), Strategic Services Branch (SSB)  

2013 – 2014                  Acting Executive Director, EX-02

2010 - 2013                   Director, EX-01, Community Based Delivery Directorate

2010 – 2012                  Director, Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFW) - concurrently

2009 - 2010                   Director, EX-01, East Toronto Service Area, Citizen Services and

                                      Program Delivery Branch

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1996   Certificate in Environmental Management, Ryerson University

1991   Bachelor of Science, Honours, University of Toronto

AFFILIATION

Regional Champion of Mental Health, Official Languages, Values and Ethics and lead for the region’s Communities of Practice (Executive, Managers, Team Leaders and Administrative Networks) from November 2015 to April 2017

Regional lead for Service Canada at the Federal Operations Committee

Co-chair of the Labour Market Working Group for the Ring of Fire initiative

Regional lead in a tripartite Working Group with the Ministry of Community and Social Services and Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to improve alignment of Canada and Ontario priorities, programs and investments