David Angell

David Jonathan Robin Angell is a Canadian diplomat, currently serving as the Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister. He was the Canadian ambassador to NATO from 2019 to 2024. He was the Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya from 2012 until 2016, and South Sudan, and as Canada's representative to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Nairobi.

Education BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1986 MA, International Relations, University of Toronto, 1987 MPhil, International Relations, University of Cambridge [Commonwealth Scholar], 1988

In March 2014, along with the High Commissioners from Australia and the UK, and Ambassadors from the EU and several other countries, he co-signed, in his capacity of Canadian High Commissioner to Uganda, a "Statement From European Union Diplomats On The Anti-Homosexuality Law" expressing concern and disappointment over Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

In May 2022, while the Russian invasion of Ukraine raged, Angell spearheaded the Canadian diplomatic push for a NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence, a signature policy of Minister of National Defence Anita Anand.

In March 2025, Angell was appointed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister at the Privy Council Office.

Personal David grew up in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Sylvia and Harold Angell. He married Katherine Mary (Kate) Raybould in October 1990; they have two children, Alexandra and Jonathan.