Yaprak Baltacioğlu

Yaprak Baltacioğlu CM (born 1959) is a retired Canadian public servant, lawyer, and professor of Turkish descent.

She has held senior leadership positions in the Canadian public service, serving as Secretary of the Treasury Board from 2012 to 2018.

[2] She is also on the faculty at the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto where she teaches graduate courses.

[5] Baltacioğlu eventually rose to prominent leadership positions across government and was appointed as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's first female Deputy Minister in 2007.

She later served as Deputy Minister for Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities from 2007 to 2012 before being appointed Secretary of the Treasury Board, a role which she would fulfill until 2018.