BARRY R. CAMPBELL
barry@campbellstrategies.com

Barry R. Campbell, President of Campbell Strategies, served as a Member of the Parliament of Canada from 1993 to 1997. During the first term of the current Liberal Government, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the former Minister of Finance, the Hon. Paul Martin, in which capacity he assisted in the development of the budgetary policy of the Government of Canada, and assisted in tax policy, trade policy and financial services sector policy. Mr. Campbell served for two years as Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.

Prior to his election to Parliament, Mr. Campbell practiced law in Toronto, first as a partner of McCarthy Tétrault, then at Torys, advising major Canadian and foreign clients on acquisitions, international banking matters, competition law and trade law.

Mr. Campbell served as a Legal Counsellor at the International Monetary Fund in Washington , D.C. and practiced with the Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter, where his practice included representing Canadian interests in major trade disputes and foreign governments in sovereign debt reschedulings.

A graduate of McGill University , McGill Law School (LL.B.'75, BCL'76), and the Harvard Law School (LL.M.'77), Mr. Campbell has published numerous articles on trade law, competition law, international banking, the debt crisis and international sanctions.

Mr. Campbell is a Senior Counselor of APCO Worldwide, a public affairs and strategic communications firm headquartered in Washington , DC with offices in North America , Europe and Asia .