Benoit Daignault, President & CEO, Export Development Canada
Canada’s Trade Toolkit: EDC’s Role in Growing Canadian Exports
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Effective February 5, 2014, Benoit Daignault was appointed as President and CEO. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Daignault served as Senior Vice-President, Financing Products for two years, where he led EDC’s various lending practices including Commercial Finance, Corporate and Asset based lending, Project Finance, as well as the Equity Investment program. Prior to that, he served as EDC’s Senior Vice-President for Business Development. Before joining EDC in 2004, Mr. Daignault spent more than 10 years with General Electric Capital, where he held increasingly senior positions in both Canada and the U.S. Mr. Daignault has a Baccalaureat in Business Administration from l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal and is a CFA charterholder. He completed the Proteus program of London Business School and the Senior Executive Program of Columbia University.
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