David Crenna is a former executive in the Canadian federal government, who has also held senior positions in both the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada.

He worked as an international development consultant for over a dozen years in a variety of fields, including post-war reconstruction, defence conversion, and demining, as well as environmental policy, housing policy, and technology transfer. He has managed substantial development projects for the World Bank, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, and the Canadian International Development Agency, as well as for a private sector company operating in the high-technology field. He has led projects in India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uruguay and Thailand. He is the author of a major report on post-disaster and post-war reconstruction for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Mr. Crenna was a co-founder of Partnership Afghanistan Canada, and has previously served as Secretary-Treasurer of the organization.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Science in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London).