Stewart Wheeler
Stewart Wheeler is a Canadian diplomat. He is Ambassador to Iceland, succeeding Alan Bones. After graduating from Trent University in 1992, he began his career in the public service in 1993, working in the Public Information Office at the House of Commons. In 1994, he joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada. He served abroad in Washington, D.C., as second secretary, covering congressional relations and energy trade policy; Bogotá, as political counsellor; London, as head of the public affairs team at High Commission; and Kabul, as political program manager at the Canadian embassy in Afghanistan. He also served as parliamentary relations officer, departmental spokesperson in the Press Office, deputy director of Mexico Relations, deputy director of corporate and internal communications, and, director of Cabinet relations. He earned the Minister's Award for Foreign Policy Excellence as a member of the Kosovo Force in 1999. From 1999 to 2004, Wheeler served as press secretary to the Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, and in that capacity accompanied her on her State Visit to Iceland in 2003. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.
