BA and LLB, University of Toronto; LLM, Columbia. Formerly: Ambassador to WTO and other International Organizations, Geneva; Ambassador to Japan; Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, IMF; Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister; Canada's G-7 and G-20 Finance Deputy; and at Canada's Foreign Ministry, Associate Deputy Minister; Assistant Deputy Minister for Trade, Economic and Environmental Policy; Chief Negotiator on China's World Trade Organization accession; Director-General for Trade Policy; and Chief Counsel for NAFTA. Currently, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the World Trade Organization.