Andrew Jayne

Background

About Andrew Jayne

Major-General Jayne grew up in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and joined the Canadian Forces in 1987 under the Regular Officer Training Plan. He graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. After completing his training as a Military Engineer Officer in Chilliwack, British Columbia he went on to complete Regimental duties with 4 Engineer Support Regiment, 22 Engineer Regiment in the UK, and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment. During this time he served in various command and staff positions and completed one operational tour in Croatia and two tours in Bosnia. Over the years he served in staff and training positions with 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering and within the Chief of Force Development. In 2006 he attended the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario graduating with a Masters in Defence Studies. In 2008, Major-General Jayne deployed to Afghanistan as the Chief Engineer of Regional Command South and then became the 21st Commandant of the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in 2009. Following his time in command, he went to Ottawa to work on the Army Staff in various positions. Promoted to Colonel in December 2012, he took over the position of Director Land Requirements. He completed the National Securities Program at the Canadian Forces College in 2015 and then returned to the position of Director Land Requirements before being appointed Base Commander of CFB Kingston in October 2016. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in November 2017 and deployed as the Commander, Joint Task Force Iraq on 16 December 2017. He returned to Canada and assumed the duties of Director General Cyberspace within ADM(IM). On 8 May 2020, Major-General Jayne was promoted to his current rank and shortly thereafter assumed the role of the Chief of Staff of ADM(IM). Along with this post came the additional titles and responsibility as the Cyber Force Commander and the Canadian Armed Forces J6.