Ajit Singh, High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh
Biography
Appointed High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh on November 20, 2024, Ajit Singh has lived, studied and worked in multiple languages in 6 countries on 4 continents. He joined the Government of Canada in 2008 after working in media, academia, the United Nations and civil society organizations. He later worked in private law in Toronto and was called to the Bar of Ontario as a barrister and solicitor.
In 2013, he joined the Privy Council Office (PCO) in the Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat. He then worked in PCO’s Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat, where he led on relations with Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia regions and Latin America and on legal files. In 2017, he joined ¶¶ÒùÊÓƵ as a deputy director in the Foreign Policy Planning Division to lead the team responsible for the foreign ministers’ track during Canada’s 2018 G7 presidency. After this, he worked in the Conflict Prevention, Stabilization and Peacebuilding Division. In 2021, he joined the Department of National Defence as a director of operations. In 2022, he rejoined the Privy Council Office, this time as the first person to hold the position of director of international crisis response.
High Commissioner Singh holds a Bachelor Arts (4-year) Degree in Communications from the University of Winnipeg (2003), a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Political Science from the University of Winnipeg, (2004), a Master of Arts degree in International Law from the United Nations University for Peace (2006), and a Juris Doctor degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto (2012).
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