Colonel Gregory Burt

Colonel Gregory Burt joined the Canadian Forces in 1980 and received his commission from the Collège Militaire Royal of Saint-Jean in 1985.
 
His first operational tour was with the 2Battalion Royal 22e Régiment in 1985 where he served as platoon commander and duty officer in Cyprus. In the summer of 1987, he was posted to 1st Battalion Royal 22e Régiment at Lahr, Federal Republic of Germany. During his time there, he was employed as platoon commander and subsequently commander of there connaissance platoon. In July 1992, he was posted to the Canadian Airborne Regiment, where he served as Second-in-Command 1 Commando in Somalia. Upon his return to Canada, he served as the Regimental Adjutant and then Officer Commanding (OC) combat support company of the Regiment. In March 1995, he was posted to 2 Battalion Royal 22e Régiment. There, he served as OC Combat Support Company in the former Yugoslavia, OC C Company, and OC of Service Support Company. From 28 June 2001 to 23 July 2004, Colonel Burt served as Commanding Officer of the Land Force Quebec Area Training Centre. From March to October2009 he commanded the Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan.

His staff positions include Adjutant in 1990and the first standards officer in 1991 for the Royal 22e Régiment Battle School. In 1998, he joined the British 3 (UK) Division Headquarters in Bosnia as SO2 G3 Plans with MND (SW). Upon returning to the UK, he served as SO2 G3Operations and Exercise Planning. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in July 2000, and was posted to Kingston, Ontario, to the office of Director Land Strategic Concepts. In August 2004, Colonel Burt was posted to NDHQ and assumed the leadership of the Performance Management Core Action Team as DDM 4. In January of 2006, he was promoted Colonel and assumed the post of Director Defence Strategy Management. On 13July 2007, Colonel Burt assumed the position of Chief of Staff of Land Force Québec Area / Joint Task Force (East). Concurrently starting in 29 April 2006 he also served as the Director of Infantry until September 2008. Upon his return from Afghanistan in October 2009 he was assigned to the position of Director Future Security Analysis and Director-General Partnerships and Emerging Issues. On 6 June 2011 he was posted to CDI to the position of Director-General Intelligence Capabilities within the Chief Defence Intelligence until 30 Aug 2013.
 
Colonel Burt completed professional development courses in 1989 at Staff School Toronto and, in the fall of 1992,at the Land Forces Command and Staff College Kingston. In 1997-8 he completed the inaugural course of the Joint Services Command and Staff College Bracknell, England. In March 2011 he completed the Joint and Combined Warfare Course at Joint Forces Staff College Norfolk VA. He has a Bachelor's degree from CMR in Business Administration, and a Master of Arts in Defence Studies from King's College London. He also holds a Master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'Administration publique de Québec (Quebec National Public Administration School).

On 18 Sept 2013 Colonel Burt was appointed as the 1ST Commander of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group (CF INT GP).