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Export Development Canada.


Atikokan born Robert Wright, a graduate from Fort Frances High School, has been accepted as the new president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Export Development Canada Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors in up to 200 markets worldwide. .

Wright took his first federal government position in 1975 as an economist with the Department of External Affairs. Since then, he had been appointed to the position of deputy minister for Revenue Canada, associate secretary to the Cabinet and a deputy minister to the deputy prime minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent. .

Wright took part in the transformation of the Department of National Revenue to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Canada Customs and Revenue Agency was a department of the government of Canada. It split up into:
  • Canada Border Services Agency
  • Canada Revenue Agency
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Title Annotation:FOR THE RECORD; Robert Wright appointed
Publication:Northern Ontario Business
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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