Adam connects businesses with trade and investment opportunities in Canada and around the world. He is a recognized expert in international trade and has been a senior advisor to a Prime Minister as well as numerous Canadian ministers of foreign affairs, international trade and other economic portfolios.
As a senior advisor to Ed Fast, Canada’s former minister of international trade, Adam helped author the processes and strategic planning related to the historic Canada-European Union comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) as well as Canada’s official entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. He also led a team that helped consult, develop and launch the Global Markets Action Plan, Canada’s landmark international trade strategy that focused on advancing core Canadian capabilities in priority markets around the world with a particular emphasis on supporting SMEs.
In the Prime Minister’s Office, Adam advised on various economic, trade and foreign policy files, including several programs under Canada’s Economic Action Plan and planning and initiatives related to the G-8 and G-20 summits hosted by Canada in 2010.
Prior to launching Export Action Global, Adam was the Practice Lead at the International Trade Practice of Ensight, one of Canada’s leading national public affairs firms. At Ensight, Adam advised clients on trade and investment matters across leading sectors of the global economy including agriculture and agri-food, steel and related manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, food manufacturing/processing and consumer packaged goods.
A frequent media contributor, Adam’s commentaries on trade, and economic issues have been published in national and local newspapers across Canada and around the world including the Toronto Sun, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Inside U.S. Trade, the Vancouver Province and the Wall Street Journal.
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