08/09/2014
Albert Knab, CITP│FIBP — International Business Management Professor/Coordinator
Albert Knab is an International Business Management Professor at Fanshawe College’s Lawrence Kinlin School of Business in London, Ontario.
Certified International Trade Professional
06/08/2014
Lindsay Brumwell, CITP│FIBP — Trade Specialist
Lindsay Brumwell is a Trade Specialist, Agri-Value at Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP), which champions the province of Saskatchewan’s export industry and assists provincial businesses in realizing global marketing opportunities.
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.
11/06/2014
Dr. Faisal Mohammed El Amir, CITP|FIBP — Senior Industrial Consultant
Doctor Faisal Mohammed El Amir is a Senior Industrial Consultant at Dubai Exports (DE), an agency of the Dubai Economic Development Department. Dubai Exports promotes exports by helping its client companies participate in exhibitions and outward missions.
10/06/2014
The story of how it all began for us, the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT)
Like many before him—and some after as well—Dieter Hollweck learned how to do international trade from the ground up; through the school of hard knocks.
“Learning that way is very expensive, and can sometimes be deadly for your business,” says Dieter, the Forum for International Trade Training’s (FITT) founding father. “But everybody had an international trade horror story back then!”
21/05/2014
Reka Gajari, CITP|FIBP — Market Intelligence Specialist
Reka Gajari is a Market Intelligence Specialist for Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP).
29/04/2014
International business professionals pay it forward
A newspaper article reporting on a recent BDC study about the benefits of Advisory Boards for entrepreneurs made me think of a CITP colleague who teaches FITT courses. Over time he has become an informal advisor to some of his students who are planning to get started in the international field.
23/04/2014
Building a fast-paced career in global supply chain management and logistics
I graduated from Niagara College’s FITT Accredited Advanced Diploma program in International Business in 2011, having successfully completed business, logistics and commerce-related courses in both theory and application. Through my studies I developed an interest and desire to work in logistics and supply chain management.
22/04/2014
Laxmi Patel, CITP|FIBP — Manager of Retail Operations
Laxmidhar Patel is Manager of Retail Operations for Loblaws Companies Limited. He has been working in the retail sector for last 10 years in India, the UK, China and Canada, and says it has been a path of growth for him.
15/04/2014
Emmanuel Choute, CITP|FIBP — Trade Commissioner
Emmanuel Choute has been working as a Trade Commissioner for the Government of Canada for 9 years. He provides business policy and international market development strategy advice to help Canadian businesses grow internationally.