Rick Tachuk

Richard “Rick” Tachuk is an experienced practitioner in cross-border trade and investment who currently serves as the President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Canada (AmCham Canada). Representing the views of major U.S. and Canadian companies on key issues, Rick works closely with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and other national business associations as an advocate and spokesperson for the expansion and promotion of U.S. – Canada trade. As CEO, he also represents AmCham Canada internationally at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACCLA) interfacing with Chambers throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Over his 30-year career in the public and private sectors Rick has held a number of executive positions including President and CEO of DCI Enable, a publicly-traded Canadian E-business solutions firm and President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists. He is also the Founder and President of Electric Strategies, Inc., an Ottawa-based public affairs agency specializing in cross-border issues management. He was also a co-founder of Expocorp Exhibitions, Inc. which operated many of the national capital region’s largest business and consumer trade shows.

In the public sector Rick served for over a decade with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service as the United States International Trade Administration’s Senior Commercial Specialist in Canada responsible for export promotion activities, investment promotion and trade policy. Prior to this he was employed as an International Marketing Specialist with the Government of Canada’s Bureau of Management Consulting and earlier worked as a Research Associate in the International Business Research Centre of the Conference Board of Canada.

Rick currently serves on the Municipality of North Grenville’s CEDAC advisory committee and the advisory board of Hire Immigrants Ottawa. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation. Rick holds a Masters degree in International Management from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and has completed post-graduate studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C. Rick also holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration (Marketing) and Economics from Bishop’s University.