Kenneth Sunquist
{{Short description|Canadian diplomat}}
{{Notability|Bio|date=March 2013}}
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Kenneth Sunquist is the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Global Operations Branch and Chief Trade Commissioner at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.[http://web5.uottawa.ca/weblaw/edge/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=413&Itemid=43 EDGE Network Bio: Ken Sunquist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527194618/http://web5.uottawa.ca/weblaw/edge/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=413&Itemid=43 |date=2011-05-27 }}. Sunquist previously served as the Canadian ambassador to Indonesia.[https://www.usask.ca/alumni/alumnisite/publications/green_white/issues/spring1999/926349877.shtml Alumni Relations: Sunquist Assumes Ambassador's Post] 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,[http://ccc.ca/eng/abo_governance_boardOfDirectors.cfm About CCC: Board of Directors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820172802/http://www.ccc.ca/eng/abo_governance_boardOfDirectors.cfm |date=2007-08-20 }}; [http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040529/html/notice-e.html Canada Gazette] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304125727/http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040529/html/notice-e.html |date=2006-03-04 }}. and serves on its Human Resources Board Committee.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ccc.ca/eng/abo_governance_boardCommittees.cfm |title=About CCC: Board committees |access-date=2008-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820172820/http://www.ccc.ca/eng/abo_governance_boardCommittees.cfm |archive-date=2007-08-20 |url-status=dead }}
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 [http://www.international.gc.ca/about-a_propos/jobs-emplois/comm-career-carriere.aspx Trade Commissioner]
- Assistant Deputy Minister, World Markets Branch[http://www.ecbea.org/media/02-title-en.asp.htm Canada World View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827213750/http://www.ecbea.org/media/02-title-en.asp.htm |date=2008-08-27 }}.
- 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
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External links
- [https://www.usask.ca/alumni/alumnisite/publications/green_white/issues/fall1997/897412621.shtml Award of Excellence from Treasury Board of Canada, June 1997]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208025228/http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=%2F2007%2Ffebruary%2F7%2Ftrade%2F Embassy Magazine: Canada's New Trade Tactics]
- [http://www.executivetravelmagazine.com/page/Doing+business+in+Canada?t=anon Doing business in Canada]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110608072014/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012018 Canadian Help for East Timor], Maclean's Magazine
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