Mark Romoff

President and CEO
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.

 

Mark Romoff joined the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. as President and CEO in fall 2004. He is a career foreign service professional with a strong track record for advancing the competitive interests and opportunities for Canadian companies internationally.

Mr. Romoff's Foreign Service career started with assignments in Malaysia, Mexico and Nigeria. From 1992 to 1996, he was Minister-Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo with responsibility for Canada's trade with Japan. In 1996, he became Consul General in Buffalo, New York, where he helped improve trading relationships and established the basic policies governing cross-border trade between U.S. and Canada.

In 2002 Mr. Romoff was seconded to the federal Industry department, as Executive Director of the Ontario Region. Among other things, he was responsible for building the export readiness of Ontario companies and for encouraging foreign investment in Ontario.

Mr. Romoff has a B.A. in Mathematics from McGill University, and a master's in Applied Science from the University of Waterloo. Mark and his wife, Shelley, live in Toronto with their daughter, Alana.