Greg Orencsak

Deputy Minister of Health

Greg Orencsak became the Deputy Minister of Health Canada in August 2024. Prior to that appointment, he served as the Province of Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Finance for over six years, and also chaired the Ontario Financing Authority, an agency that manages the Province of Ontario’s debt and borrowing program.

Greg has held progressively senior executive positions in the public sector. In November 2010, he became Associate Deputy Minister of the Office of the Budget and Treasury Board in Ontario’s Ministry of Finance. He was appointed Ontario’s Deputy Minister of Government Services in April 2014 and later that year became the Deputy Minister of Treasury Board Secretariat.  Concurrently, he also served as Chair of the Public Service Commission, which ensures the effective management of human resources. In 2017, he became Deputy Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development.

Greg had also worked in the private sector as a partner in Ernst & Young’s Canadian advisory practice, where he served as the firm’s National Leader for Public Policy and Fiscal Innovation.