Anne White
Founder & Principal Consultant,
The Good Governance Project
Fellow, CSA Public Policy Centre
Alum, HKS GPL; LSE; UK IfG
ABOUT anne
I've spent twenty years in the rooms where government, business, and civil society meet—building the structures that help them work together.
I was a founding team member at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab and the UK Institute for Government, helping build both organizations from their earliest stages. I spent a decade in the Government of Canada, serving as Director of Special Projects, where I led national initiatives and multi-stakeholder negotiations for NRCan, and as Senior Advisor at the Privy Council Office, leading on files from digital platform regulation to climate and crisis response during the pandemic. Before government, I worked in loyalty strategy at TELUS and Ogilvy & Mather, and in policy advocacy at the Toronto Board of Trade, where I was appointed to the Executive Committee.
In 2024, I founded The Good Governance Project, a research initiative examining how public institutions can strengthen decision-making, execution capacity, and institutional resilience in an era of rapid change. I am a 2025–2027 Fellow of the CSA Group. I also maintain an independent consulting practice, working with organizations across sectors on strategic planning, governance, and cross-sector collaboration.
A Quebec native, I am fluently bilingual. Outside of work, I compete in long-distance sailing races, including the annual Chicago–Mackinac and Detroit–Mackinac races, and have completed a transatlantic crossing—experiences that sharpen my instinct for building strong teams that work well under pressure.
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Working with anne
I help clients assess where they are, see where they could be, and chart a path forward. I partner with leaders to set priorities, navigate trade-offs, and build the systems needed to track progress and demonstrate impact. Depending on the project, I work independently or lead a tailored team of senior associates with specialized expertise, ensuring the right capabilities are in place to deliver with rigor, integrity, and practical focus.
Strategy and Direction
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Foresight, risk anticipation, and long-range strategic planning
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Consultation design and facilitation
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Research and in-depth international comparative analysis
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First-principles problem solving and systems (re)design
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Integrated cross-sector analytics and insight generation
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Policy design and senior advisory support
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Governance frameworks and accountability structures
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Navigating government processes — understanding how decisions get made, where bottlenecks occur, and how to move priority files forward.
Execution and Delivery
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O​ptimizing service pathways and delivery options under revenue and cost constraints
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Designing pilot projects, testing environments, and disciplined learning processes
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Building results and performance frameworks
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Procurement reform and active contract management
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Designing and facilitating effective cross-sector tables that enable alignment, trust, and shared execution
Evidence, Analytics, Learning
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Data-driven performance management
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Analytics and predictive models to anticipate risk, opportunity, and demand
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Integrated analytics across programs and sectors to see the whole system
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Cross-sector learning and insight platforms to support shared understanding
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Agile budgeting approaches that align investment with outcomes
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Mixed-methods program evaluation that combines data, evidence, and lived experience
