Kenneth Sunquist

Kenneth Sunquist in 2013

Kenneth Sunquist is the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Global Operations Branch and Chief Trade Commissioner at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.^[1] Sunquist previously served as the Canadian ambassador to Indonesia.^[2] He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Sunquist is on the board of directors of the Canadian Commercial Corporation,^[3] and serves on its Human Resources Board Committee.^[4]

Foreign assignments

• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Beijing, China
• Seoul, South Korea.
• Belgrade, Serbia
• San Francisco, United States
• Kingston, Jamaica

Domestic assignments

• Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Operations Branch & Chief Trade Commissioner
• Assistant Deputy Minister, World Markets Branch^[5]
• Assistant Deputy Minister, International Business and Chief Trade Commissioner
• Director General, Trade Commissioner Service Operations and Services
• Co-ordinator of the Trade Development Policy Secretariat
• Director of the Trade Development Liaison and Special Projects Division
• Acting Director General of the Trade Communications Bureau

References

1. EDGE Network Bio: Ken Sunquist.
2. Alumni Relations: Sunquist Assumes Ambassador's Post
3. About CCC: Board of Directors; Canada Gazette.
4. About CCC: Board committees
5. Canada World View.

External links

• Award of Excellence from Treasury Board of Canada, June 1997
• Embassy Magazine: Canada's New Trade Tactics
• Doing business in Canada
• Canadian Help for East Timor, Maclean's Magazine