18/08/2016
Meet tomorrow’s global business leaders: FITT Educational Award Winners 2015
It’s our distinct privilege to recognize the hardest-working, rising international business stars of the 2015-2016 school year.
Export Development Canada
26/07/2016
Canadian SMEs can overcome CETA and Brexit uncertainty in Europe
How are Canadian SMEs responding to these tumultuous times? Is the European market still a viable destination for their economic success?
15/01/2016
EDC-FITT intern makes a leap forward in her dream to help build global trade relationships
Samantha Caldwell was thrilled to become this year’s EDC-FITT intern, and she’s making the most of the opportunity to learn and grow in her career.
28/10/2015
Maxim Berdichevsky, CITP|FIBP – Deputy Director, Investment Trade Policy Division
Maxim Berdichevsky, CITP|FIBP is Deputy Director, Investment Trade Policy Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) in Ottawa, where he negotiates bilateral investment treaties between Canada and other countries.
28/07/2015
Following the Yellow Brick Road to a successful international career
Even though the majority of the yellow brick road is polished and smooth, the road has areas where many bricks are broken or have been uprooted from their foundation. When I look back on my own journey to a successful international career, the road that I followed looped by steep cliff edges, and was riddled with its share of missing bricks and potholes.
30/06/2015
How I am leveraging my education and experience for trade impact
I first became interested in trade during my time at business school in the Netherlands. The experience opened my eyes to many of the non-tariff barriers that enterprises face in reaching export markets and how businesses from a “small country” can actively participate in international trade. Now I am leveraging my experience and education for trade impact.
16/12/2014
Four steps to managing political risk in emerging markets
If it’s doing either, are you aware of how the political risk in emerging markets can threaten your bottom line?
21/10/2014
7 Ways to manage credit risk and safeguard your global trade growth
The single most serious hazard is not getting paid, for reasons that can range from a customer’s bankruptcy to a government’s imposition of currency controls. Your first line of defence against this danger is to effectively manage credit risk.
19/08/2014
Six steps to finding out if you’re ready for international trade
But even if you have a product or service that seems to have international appeal, your company may not actually be ready for international trade. Doing business overseas is much more complicated than staying at home, and any successful exporter will tell you that they looked very carefully at their company before they decided to go abroad.
23/07/2014
Zeeshanali Fazal, CITP│FIBP — Underwriter and Advisor of Financial Guarantees
Zeeshanali Fazal is an Underwriter and Advisor of Financial Guarantees at Export Development Canada (EDC) in Montreal, Quebec. He was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he spent his childhood. Zeeshanali moved to Pakistan in the early 1990s, and by the late 1990s he moved to Canada where he completed his high school, CEGEP and university education in finance.