Ken Martin

Ken Martin retired from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) after 28 years of distinguished public service. Ken joined ACOA, the Government of Canada’s regional development agency servicing Atlantic Canada, in 1991 and has held progressively more responsible officer, management and executive positions.

After six years as an Account Manager, which included a secondment with a Labrador-based Indigenous organization managing the Voisey’s Bay exploration camp, Ken was appointed to the position of Manager, Commercial Programs. In 1999, he became Director, Enterprise Development, overseeing the delivery of ACOA’s core business programming in the region. In 2011, he assumed the position of Director General, Regional Operations, where he provided overall management of ACOA operations and programming in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2015, Ken was named Vice-President for the Newfoundland and Labrador region. Ken is also a member of the Board of Governors for the College of the North Atlantic.

Ken received a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Calgary in 1989. Prior to joining ACOA, he worked as a senior commercial lender with the Bank of Montreal in St. John’s and as a financial analyst with ExxonMobil in Calgary, Alberta.