Providing access to North American business opportunities.

It’s the breadth of experience, our diverse resources, and our strategic, individualized approach that makes Grow Trade Consulting Inc. the partner of choice for public or private economic development organizations seeking access to the North American market.

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What We Do

Grow Trade Consulting Inc. works closely with public and private Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) from the United States, Canada, and abroad, at local, state/provincial, and national levels. We provide our EDOs’ small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with customized export assistance that helps them introduce or expand their products and services into the North American market.

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Our Approach

The Grow Trade Consulting Inc. team starts with the basics: studying the client’s product or service, examining related print/web literature and social media presence, and consulting our in-house trade professionals and other strategic resources embedded across all sectors of the Canadian economy. With these details, we identify the best means to introduce or expand your presence in Canada. We take a similar approach with Canadian clients looking southward.

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The Team

Nancy Ward

Director

Nancy Ward established Grow Trade Consulting Inc. in 2004 after a successful six-year career with the Canadian Trade Office of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers (formerly the Council of Great Lakes Governors).

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Chris Leslie

Senior Manager Trade, Technology & Administration

Chris joined the Grow Trade Consulting team in 2008 and has spent the last twelve years in a business consultancy capacity, helping American SMEs find opportunities and partners in the Canadian market.

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Charlotte Robertson

Senior Market Access Consultant

Charlotte Robertson has more than 20 years of business experience in international investment and trade. As the former director of the State of Pennsylvania Canadian Investment Office, she worked extensively with Canadian companies expanding their operations to that state.

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Joanne Walsh

Administration Manager, Senior Market Access Consultant

Joanne joined Grow Trade Consulting in 2017, where she continues to gain professional experience facilitating successful business relationships between U.S. companies and organizations with Canadian partners.

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Kirsten Ross

Communications Manager & Market Access Consultant

Kirsten began her career as a reporter/photographer in southwestern Ontario, covering everything from municipal politics to criminal trials.

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Shari Stancer

Market Access Consultant

Shari Stancer comes to Grow Trade Consulting with more than 15 years of business consulting experience in the human resources recruitment industry.

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Laura McLeod

Market Access Consultant

Laura immigrated to Canada from El Salvador as a child and grew up in the Niagara Falls region, where she spent 10 years working in the tourism industry while completing her high school and undergraduate education.

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Allyson Warden

Bay Communications & Marketing Inc.

A marketing writer, content developer and researcher, associate Allyson Warden’s experience has encompassed trade assignments for a variety of corporate, association, and government clients.

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Recent News

Testimonials

“Here is the latest update on your great work: we have signed up Chieftain Equipment as a distributor and we have another project going on right now.”

Peter Friedrich, Industrial Magnetics, Inc.

“I would like to personally thank all of you, on behalf of RSVP International, for your expertise and hard work during Governor Rick Snyder’s trade mission to Canada. This opportunity is just what was needed to grow my business. We had 11 excellent meetings, and all have proven beneficial for our expansion plans.”

Donald Hamming, RSVP International