National Sustainability Leader to Give Key-Note Address
January 22

Eme Onuoha, Director of Government Relations and Sustainability for Xerox Canada, will address NSAC on issues of sustainability, weaving in some of his extensive international development work. Mr. Onuoha is extremely interested in the unique way we are developing our sustainability initiatives. He will be speaking from 12:15pm to 1:00pm on January 22nd in Alumni Theatre.

Mr. Onuoha completed an honours degree in political science (international relations) at McMaster University and an Executive MBA at Queen's University. In his graduating year at McMaster, Mr. Onuoha served as President of the McMaster Students Union. In 1994 he began work on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as a Legislative Assistant and speechwriter. In 1997, he left the House of Commons and began work as Special Assistant, Trade and Consultation Policy in the Office of the Minister of International Trade. Later that same year he became Policy Adviser to the Minister of National Defence.

In addition to providing advice on strategic policy issues and managing the minister's relations with his counterparts in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO), his work took him to 19 countries around the world including various peace-support operations in locations such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Haiti, Kuwait and Iraq. In March of 1999, just prior to NATO commencing a full-scale military operation in the Balkans, he was promoted to Chief of Staff in the Minister's office where he served until November 2000. Mr. Onuoha has held several executive positions within the Government of Canada: Senior Analyst in the Social Development Policy Secretariat and Director of Operations in the Priorities and Planning Secretariat of the Privy Council Office, as well as Vice President Corporate Strategy and Vice President Corporate Development at the Canadian Commercial Corporation.

In 2007, Mr.Onuoha joined Xerox Canada Ltd. He is currently responsible for federal government relations and sustainability. Mr. Onuoha is a recipient of McMaster's Honour "M" Award as well as the Arch Award. He currently sits on McMaster's Board of Governors.