Mr. Ken Sunquist has served in a number of foreign posts since joining the Trade Commissioner Service in 1973. His assignments abroad have included Kingston, Jamaica; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; San Francisco, USA; Seoul, Korea; Beijing, China; and Ambassador to Indonesia. His assignments at Headquarters have included Director, Export Information Division; Acting Director General, Trade Communications Bureau; Director, Trade Development Liaison and Special Projects Division; Co-ordinator, Trade Development Policy Secretariat; and Director General, Trade Commissioner Service Operations and Services. In the Department of International Trade he was Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business and Chief Trade Commissioner. Subsequently, in DFAIT, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister, World Markets Branch, and then Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Operations. In September 2010, Mr. Sunquist retired from the public service as Assistant Deputy Minister, Asia and Africa, and Chief Trade Commissioner. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Quality Institute, the Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, the Trade Facilitation Office Canada, as well as the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and the Advisory Board of the Telfer School of Management. Mr. Sunquist was appointed to the Board of Directors of CCC on May 13, 2004.
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Ken Sunquist