Leonard J. Edwards

Leonard J. Edwards is the Canadian Co-Chair of the Canada-Korea Forum. He was Canada’s deputy (vice) minister of both Foreign Affairs and International Trade, as well as Canada's "Sherpa" for the G8 and G20 Summits, including the 2010 summits hosted by Canada. He has been ambassador to Korea and to Japan and worked extensively on Asian affairs, plus assignments to Canada's missions to the UN (Geneva), NATO and Türkiye.