Leadership – Peter Sutherland

Mr. Peter Sutherland

Vice-Chairman

Peter Sutherland is Senior Business Advisor, Asia to Aird & Berlis LLP in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Sutherland joined Aird & Berlis LLP in 2007 after a distinguished diplomatic career that included service as Canada’s High Commissioner to India and ambassadorial appointments to Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Yemen and Nepal. He also served in various capacities at Canadian missions to the United Nations in New York, Ivory Coast and Hungary and as an attorney in the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington. In Canada, Mr. Sutherland held senior positions, including Director General, International Business Operations in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Director General, International Trade Policy in the Department of Agriculture and Food and Director, Crown Investments in the Department of Industry. Mr. Sutherland is currently Vice-Chairman of the Canada-India Business Council, a Charter Member of The indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and a member of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce and the Canada-Arab Business Council.