Senior Investment Officer
Ottawa, Canada Area
INVEST IN CANADAA/Deputy Director (13 months): project, financial and human resource management. Senior Investment Officer: investincanada.com web content writer - short termSenior Investment Officer: Project management (5 years):1. World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting 2014, Davos: Business Leaders Round Table; Canada Reception; planning & event management. 2. ASEAN Business & Investment Summit 2013, Brunei: Canada's role & on-site delivery.3. Temporary Duty, Canadian Consulate in Palo Alto, CA, attracting foreign direct investment to Canada.4. FT Global Business Leaders Series - Doing Business with Canada (London, UK). Co-planned and implemented three business conferences with the Financial Times during the 2012 London Olympic Games (ICT, Global Economy, Advanced Manufacturing). 5. FT Global Investment Series: Focus on Canada (19 cities in the US) Co-developed and implemented forums to attract foreign investors to Canada (an Invest in Canada initiative in partnership with the Financial Times). www.ftconferences.com/focusoncanada6. Global Business Leaders Day (Vancouver, BC). Co-organized the forum held during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The event engaged top investment prospects and current investors, as well as Canadian business and government leaders. Press covering the Global Business Leaders Day included Bloomberg News, Thomson Reuters, The Globe & Mail and the Vancouver Sun. Special guests included: Olympians Gaétan Boucher, Marnie McBean, Kathleen Heddle, Lori-Ann Muenzer, Jeffrey Buttle. http://www.ftconferences.com/canada 7. Federal-Provincial-Territorial Investment Promotion Conferences (Vancouver 2009) & (St. John's, NL 2010). Organized and implemented in partnership with provincial governments. 8. "Creative Competitive Canada" and "Innovation + Stability = Profitability" promotional videos: Oversaw the work of consultants and provided direction in the production of videos to market Canada as a great place to invest.