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United around the globe to foster international trade and the advancement of women in business.



Susan Baka

An advocate for women exporters, Susan is the President of Bay Communications & Marketing Inc and is an authority on international trade, women’s entrepreneurship and diversity.  She is a prolific writer and global speaker on women and trade and has presented in Europe, Africa and at the World Trade Organization in Geneva in recent years. 


Susan is a founder of OWIT-Toronto, which is the first Canadian chapter of OWIT International,  and has served on the international board for over a decade. She is a senior consultant to Grow Trade Consulting, which provides trade facilitation services for US companies looking to enter the Canadian market, and she is also the Ontario representative for TFO (Trade Facilitation Office) Canada, which helps SMEs in developing countries access the Canadian market. 


Susan served on the Canadian Minister of International Trade’s SME Advisory Board (2008-11) and represents OWIT in stakeholder consultations on free trade agreements.


She has been honoured with international awards, including OWIT International’s 2019 Woman of the Year Award for 20 years of volunteer contributions to raise the profile of women in trade and for inspiring women to do business globally; and the TIAW World of Difference Award which recognizes 100 women worldwide for contributing to women’s economic empowerment.




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