Todd Winterhalt Email Address

Senior Vice President Communications, Marketing and Corporate Strategy Officer

Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada’s export credit agency, offering trade finance, export credit insurance, bonding services, & foreign market expertise.

Mr. Winterhalt joined Export Development Canada (EDC) in 2002 and has more than 25 years of business development, risk assessment and trade policy experience. He was appointed Senior Vice-President, Communications and Corporate Strategy in May 2019, with accountability for developing the strategic direction for the organization, corporate communications and economics and research and development functions. Most recently he served as Vice President and Managing Director, Global Trade with a mandate to catalyze and accelerate Canada's international trade and investment - connecting Canadian companies and supply chains to international opportunities. Earlier assignments include: VP - International Business Development with responsibility for international business origination via EDC’s growing network of international representations in 17 key centres across the globe, VP - Human Resources, with responsibility for EDC’s Learning and Development and Organizational Development units and Chief International Research Advisor - Financing Group, with line responsibility for the Corporate Research Department, Policy and International Relations and Technical Advisory teams. He has also worked as Director - Political Risk Assessment, providing internal and external clients with detailed political risk assessments on more than 120 emerging markets. Before joining EDC, Mr. Winterhalt served in the Canadian diplomatic corps (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) for six years where he held various positions, including Consul and Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Consulate General in São Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Winterhalt holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Western Ontario, a graduate diploma in American history, and a M.Sc (American Intelligence) from the University of Edinburgh. The inaugural recipient of EDC’s Excellence in People Leadership award, he is a past-President of the Canadian Association of Professional Intelligence Analysts.