Lieutenant-General E.D. Simoneau, CMM, MSM, CD
Chief of Military Personnel and Commander of Military Personnel Command
Lieutenant-General Erick Simoneau, a Tactical Aviator, spent most of his career with postings in Valcartier, Kingston, and Ottawa, deploying to Haïti, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. His latest deployment was to Kandahar as Commander of a tactical helicopter unit. He has participated in domestic operations and managed disaster response as Deputy Chief of Staff Continental Operations at Canadian Joint Operations Command in Ottawa.
Lieutenant-General Simoneau commanded 2 Wing Bagotville in 2013-2015. And served as Director of Operations for Foreign and Defence Policy within the Privy Council Office of the Prime Minister from 2018-2020. He then became Director General Plans within the Joint Strategic Staff, the Chief of Staff - Professional Conduct and Culture, and in August 2024 was appointed Deputy then in June 2025 as Commander of Military Personnel Command.
He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Royal Military College Saint-Jean and a master’s in Defence Studies from Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
