Board Member Bio

Ruth Fothergill

Head, Corporate Responsibility

Export Development Canada

Ruth Fothergill is the new Head, Corporate Responsibility at Export Development Canada (EDC) and is located in Toronto. Prior to this new role, she directed EDC's Corporate Outreach and EDC's Ontario Sales operation as Regional Vice-President, Ontario. She has worked in Ottawa as EDC's General Manager, Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and earlier as General Manager, Marketing and Communications. Ms. Fothergill is a specialist in international trade and investment with service experience as a trade official with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, and as a federal negotiator at the Foreign Investment Review Agency. She has a B.A. (Honours) degree and a Master's degree from Queen's University, and has completed the Marketing Management Executive Program, Harvard Business School.

Ms. Fothergill serves on the Advisory Committees for International Economics and Finance at Ryerson Polytechnic University, for International Business and Marketing at Niagara College, and for International Marketing Management at Humber College. Ms. Fothergill is a 2007 International Individual Contributor Award winner for her work with AIESEC (Association Internationale des Étudiants en Science Économique et Commerciale) Canada Inc.

EDC is Canada's export credit agency, offering innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC's knowledge and partnerships are used by nearly 7,000 Canadian companies and their global customers in up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is financially self-sustaining, is a recognized leader in financial reporting and economic analysis, and has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for seven consecutive years.