Cameron Rizos is the Senior Partner and founder of Canglobal Management Solutions Ltd. Canglobal Management Solutions is a private consulting firm, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canglobal was formed in 1999 specifically to work with other Canadian and Saskatchewan partners in the design, development and management of sustainable development projects. The primary focus of Canglobal has been in Latin America, where the company has been involved in several projects over the last 7 years. Projects have ranged from environmental management, climate change development, regional economic development, agricultural development, and education development and training. Canglobal has also been involved in several technology transfer projects, particularly in the sectors of information technology and climate change project development. In the Americas, Canglobal has conducted projects in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Canglobal has experience in working with most international financial institutions and agencies, including: the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the Organization of American States, the Canadian International Development Agency and USAID.

Cameron has over 15 years of project consulting experience, including 9 years of project design and management in Latin America. Cameron was born and raised in Saskatoon, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Arts (Spanish and French) from the University of Saskatchewan. After several years of local business, financial, and market development consulting, Cameron launched his international consulting career through a short-term posting as an Assistant Commercial Officer at the Canadian Embassy in Quito, Ecuador in 1997. From this period on, Cameron has concentrated on the management of sustainable economic development and training initiatives in the Americas.

Cameron has developed considerable experience in the agricultural development, environmental management and education sectors in the Americas, and he maintains a strong network of international contacts cultivated over the past 9 years. He has participated in and presented at several international conferences on business development, agricultural development, environmental management and climate change, including the Globe Conference in Vancouver (2006), and at STEP’s Annual Conference (2001).

Cameron is actively involved in a number of public and private business development, international trade and environmental management associations. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Environmental Industry and Managers Association (SEIMA), where he has been a member of the Board of Directors for the past two years, currently serving as Treasurer to the Board; and has been a past member of the Finance Task Force for the Sustainable Cities Initiative of Industry Canada, the Task Force for Trade Team Canada Environment. Cameron has been an active member of the Saskatchewan Trade Export Partnership since 1997, and has participated in several STEP led international missions to Central and South America, and to the International Financial Institutions in Washington D.C.

Cameron and Canglobal have consistently worked with Saskatchewan and Canadian partners in the development and execution of projects, and as a result, he has gained a strong understanding of the requirements for other Saskatchewan companies to succeed in international development business, as well as, the strengths of Saskatchewan made solutions. This cooperative approach to partnering on international projects has been a key aspect to the longevity and success of Cameron and Canglobal in the international development business sector.