Derek Cameron is the Senior Vice President, Global Programs at MEDA. As SVP GP, he is a member of MEDA’s executive leadership team and provides strategic leadership to achieve MEDA’s global impact. He is the acting Managing Director for the Africa Growth Fund.
Derek is an experienced leader with 15 years of international development leadership, design and management experience including: leading large cross-functional teams based in Canada and internationally; developing projects from concept to funding; partnership building; contract and donor relation management; and research expertise and knowledge in gender and inclusion, sustainable economic growth. His research has focused on youth employment, co-operatives, microfinance, micro and small enterprise, and resiliency and risk management in microinsurance, agricultural smallholder value chains, and marketing. He brings lived experience from his time working in India, in addition to experience managing projects in Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Myanmar, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda.
Derek has a Master of Business Administration from Carleton University and holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Simon Fraser University. He lives in Ottawa with his wife Kelly.
