Morteza Azari, CITP|FIBP – Admissions Counselor

After over a decade of high-level international trade experience in Iran, Morteza hopes that his new designation will help him to best make use of his extensive expertise in the Canadian market as well. He currently serves as an Admissions Counselor at Stanford College of Business and Technology in Toronto.

Ewan Roy

I'm a Digital Marketing Specialist for the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT). My background is in writing and research, and I am passionate about communicating new ideas and telling stories that matter to you.

Specialist, Global Trade Compliance – Veritiv Corporation

The Specialist, Global Trade Compliance will execute processes to ensure compliance with government customs laws through a thorough understanding and application of these laws and to provide complete integration of these laws into the company’s current operations.

Will trade deals destroy the U.S. middle class – or save it?

As the U.S. enters into trade negotiations to create long-standing agreements with the European Union and with Asian partners, a debate is raging about whether or not international trade pacts are hurting or helping the U.S. middle class.

Jacqueline Côté

I am a working journalist, with experience as SNL Financial’s Canadian correspondent for its Mining and Metals vertical. I also served as the Managing Editor for Central Asia Newswire – covering daily economic and investment news in the region – as well as Features Editor for the Washington-based Magharebia.com, which covers developments in the North Africa region. I have been published in The Montreal Gazette, The Guardian (UK), The New Statesman (UK), Red Pepper (UK), Geopolitical Monitor and CNN.com.

Ahmad Altuijri, CITP|FIBP – International Trade Professional

Ahmad Altuijri, CITP®|FIBP®, is an international trade professional with nearly 10 years of experience, starting with the company he founded while still in high school.

Ewan Roy

I'm a Digital Marketing Specialist for the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT). My background is in writing and research, and I am passionate about communicating new ideas and telling stories that matter to you.

Logistics Manager – Arc’teryx

The Logistics Manager will be accountable for providing consistent reliable logistic service to internal and external customers, as well as leading continuous improvement in logistics to increase efficiency while optimizing cost.

Master your inner chameleon and excel in exports

Today, the secret to excel in exports is to learn how to interact and be accepted by people who are not like us, who speak a different language, who think, act, feel and react differently to what we are used to. To do so, we need to learn from chameleons—a type of lizard that is distinguished by its ability to change skin color to match its surroundings.

Ennio Vita-Finzi, CITP|FIBP

Ennio Vita-Finzi is a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) and was a Trade Commissioner in Europe, Latin America and the US as well as President of the Canadian Council for the Americas during NAFTA negotiations. He has been a multinational executive and entrepreneur and is now a College lecturer, keynote speaker, and author based in Montreal. (e.vita-finzi@sympatico.ca)

Want a more peaceful world? Do your part to promote international trade

The debate over whether increased levels of international trade can lead to fewer world conflicts has been raging in political science and economics circles for years now.

Jacqueline Côté

I am a working journalist, with experience as SNL Financial’s Canadian correspondent for its Mining and Metals vertical. I also served as the Managing Editor for Central Asia Newswire – covering daily economic and investment news in the region – as well as Features Editor for the Washington-based Magharebia.com, which covers developments in the North Africa region. I have been published in The Montreal Gazette, The Guardian (UK), The New Statesman (UK), Red Pepper (UK), Geopolitical Monitor and CNN.com.