New Trade Counsel in Canada Presented with Instrument of Appointment

Jamaica’s new Trade Counsel in Canada, Dr. G. Raymond Chang, was presented with his Instrument of Appointment by Robert Gregory, President of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), on July 21.
The presentation was made in Dr. Chang’s office in downtown Toronto, Canada, and witnessed by Jamaica’s Consul General to Toronto, Anne-Marie Bonner.
In January 2008, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, had announced that Dr. Chang, who is Chancellor of Ryerson University and Chairman of CI Funds, one of the largest mutual funds companies in Canada, had been appointed as Trade Counsel, to promote trade and investment in Canada on behalf of the Government of Jamaica.
As Trade Counsel, Dr. Chang’s responsibilities include: identifying and opening doors of access for JTI officers to Canadian high net worth individuals and corporations; to be the face and presence of Jamaica in Canada in relation to investment and trade; and to provide strategic and tactical advice to JTI to further enhance its effectiveness in promoting investment and trade into the Canadian market. Mr. Gregory said Trade Counsels are also expected to be appointed in other overseas cities.
The JTI, formerly JAMPRO, is the Jamaican government’s premier investment and trade agency.