Donald Campbell
Senior Strategy Advisor, Vancouver
Donald Campbell is the senior strategy advisor at Davis LLP. His role is to provide non-legal advisory services to the firm's clients in connection with their business strategies, with a particular emphasis on strategies dealing with governments and governmental agencies in Canada and internationally.
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Prior to joining Davis, Donald was Executive Vice-President of CAE Inc. He joined CAE in September 2000 and served as Group President of the Military Simulation and Training Division until June, 2006.
During his time at CAE he led the company's world-wide government procurement activities and obtained extensive experience in negotiating PPP and PFI transactions, primarily in the military sector.
Prior to his time at CAE, Donald had a distinguished career with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
In 2003, Donald was appointed by the prime minister as the Canadian Co-chair of the Canada-Japan Forum, an external advisory group established by the governments of Japan and Canada to provide advice and to promote the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
As Assistant Deputy Minister, Donald was deeply involved in the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and as Deputy Minister of International Trade, he supervised the negotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Professional Background
Donald was formerly:
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Deputy Foreign Minister (1997-2000)
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Prime Minister's Personal Representative for G-8 Summits (1997-2000)
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Canada's Ambassador to Japan (1993-1997)
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Deputy Minister for International Trade (1989-1993)
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Assistant Deputy Minister (United States) (1985-1989)
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Canada's Ambassador to Korea (1984-1985)
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Other foreign assignments include Kenya, the United Kingdom, Jamaica and the United States
Professional Associations & Activities
- Director, Toyota Canada Inc.
- Director, Canfor Pulp Holding Inc.
- Director, Davie Yards Inc.
- Director, Perimeter Institute
- Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF)
- Chair of the Canadian Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
- Co-Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
Publications
EventsSpeaker, Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute Speaker Series Tuesday, 5 February 2013 February 2013 Chair, Canada-UK Colloquium on Northern Asia Thursday, 15 November 2012 November 2012 Session Chair, La Conférence de Montréal 2012 Thursday, 14 June 2012 June 2012
In The NewsOn Thursday, February 21, Davis LLP Senior Strategy Advisor Donald Campbell appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Asia to talk about Canada's need to diversify its markets and strengthen trade [more]Source: CNBC Tuesday, 26 February 2013 Donald Campbell, Senior Strategy Advisor at Davis LLP, appears in the January/February 2013 issue of the Canadian Bar Association's National magazine. Continuing his long-time advocacy for fostering [more]Source: CBA National Magazine Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Donald Campbell urges the Canadian government and business community to establish a solid focus on Asia.
Returning from the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Donald Campbell – Senior Strategy Advisor [more]Tuesday, 11 September 2012 Don Campbell, in his capacity as Co-Chairman of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, has been invited to participate in the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Week, taking place [more]Tuesday, 4 September 2012 Donald Campbell, former Deputy Minister for International Trade and currently the senior strategy advisor for Davis LLP, draws attention to public concern over growing foreign ownership of Canada's [more]Source: Lexpert Special Law Insert, as seen in Report on Business magazine Tuesday, 17 July 2012 Donald Campbell, senior strategy advisor at Davis LLP and Co-Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council , was recently quoted in foreign policy newspaper Embassy.
In the article "Former [more]Wednesday, 9 May 2012 Davis LLP is pleased to announce that Senior Strategy Advisor Donald Campbell has been appointed Co-Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), a multi-disciplinary network of distinguished [more]Monday, 30 April 2012 Donald Campbell recently appeared on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary exchange. Donald discussed Canada's economic and trade future, with a focus on Asia, following Prime Minister Harper's [more]Thursday, 2 February 2012 Friday, November 4, 2011 - Donald Campbell, Senior Strategy Advisor at Davis LLP, appeared at 1:00pm EDT on BNN's Headline with Howard Green to discuss global political leadership, the G20 and the [more]Friday, 4 November 2011 Recently, Davis LLP's Senior Strategy Advisor, Donald W. Campbell, discussed the economic consequences of Japan's multiple disasters in an interview on the Business News Network (BNN). As a former [more]Thursday, 17 March 2011 Tokyo, Japan - Davis LLP is pleased to announce that seven leading Japanese lawyers have joined the firm. The group is led by Hiroaki Takahashi, one of Japan's top commercial and finance practitioners [more]Sunday, 30 January 2011 This week, Don Campbell is participating in the annual Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto (Japan), which brings together over 1,000 Science and Technology leaders in research in academia [more]Wednesday, 6 October 2010 This week, the firm's Senior Strategy Advisor, Donald W. Campbell, is in Washington, D.C., at the Asia Society Global Forum for a two-day session (June 9th and 10th) on US-Asia relations. The forum [more]Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Donald W. Campbell is one of 10 highly-experienced Canadian leaders chosen to mentor doctoral students who have been awarded the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship. The Trudeau Mentors, who [more]Monday, 1 February 2010 Don Campbell, the firm's senior strategy advisor, is on the hosting committee of the Annual CABC Policy Forum and Business Achievement Award Luncheon together with other prominent business executives, [more]Thursday, 8 October 2009 As Chair of the Canadian PECC Committee, Don Campbell leads Canada's participation in the partnership of academic, business and government representatives from 25 Pacific Rim economies seeking closer [more]Thursday, 1 October 2009 The firm's Senior Strategy Advisor, Don Campbell, will be in Kyoto, Japan next week attending the annual Science and Technology in Society Forum.
Don is one of 67 members from 24 countries comprising [more]Thursday, 1 October 2009 Donald W. Campbell, the firm's senior strategy advisor, has accepted an invitation to sit on the organizing committee of the yearly CABC Policy Forum and Business Achievement Luncheon.
The theme [more]Friday, 28 August 2009 The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF) has announced the appointment of Donald Campbell, Davis LLP's senior strategy advisor, as the first Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation and as Chair [more]Wednesday, 3 June 2009 Ottawa -- On March 30th, Don Campbell, the firm's Senior Strategy Advisor, sat alongside former Prime Minister Joe Clark and Senator Jack Austin, as the trio was interviewed on Canadian-Asian relations [more]Thursday, 16 April 2009 First published in Globe and Mail/Lexpert Magazine | Ann Macaulay
Don Campbell is profiled in the article below:
Western Canada-based law firm Davis LLP scored a coup recently with the hiring [more]Wednesday, 25 July 2007 Davis LLP is pleased to announce that Donald W. Campbell has joined the firm. Having the position of Senior Strategy Advisor, he will provide non-legal advisory services to the firm's clients in [more]Monday, 25 June 2007
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Donald Campbell
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