Ambassador Eelco (Ed) Jager worked as a lawyer (LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1993) and sales representative in the private sector before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as a trade policy officer in the Investment Trade Policy Division in 1999.
His previous postings have included that of trade commissioner in Jakarta from 2000 to 2003, senior trade commissioner in Lima from 2005 to 2007 and political adviser in Kandahar from 2007 to 2008. His most recent posting, from 2008 to 2011, was as Canada’s senior trade commissioner in Brazil, based in Saõ Paulo. In Ottawa, Mr. Jager represented Canada’s interests at APEC from 2003 to 2005 and helped to negotiate Canada’s air transport agreements from 2011 to 2014.
He presented his credentials as Canada’s Ambassador to Mongolia to President Elbegdorj on March 11, 2015. Ambassador Jager and his wife Cathy have five children and seven grandchildren.
His previous postings have included that of trade commissioner in Jakarta from 2000 to 2003, senior trade commissioner in Lima from 2005 to 2007 and political adviser in Kandahar from 2007 to 2008. His most recent posting, from 2008 to 2011, was as Canada’s senior trade commissioner in Brazil, based in Saõ Paulo. In Ottawa, Mr. Jager represented Canada’s interests at APEC from 2003 to 2005 and helped to negotiate Canada’s air transport agreements from 2011 to 2014.
He presented his credentials as Canada’s Ambassador to Mongolia to President Elbegdorj on March 11, 2015. Ambassador Jager and his wife Cathy have five children and seven grandchildren.