Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia

With a global career spanning six countries and five continents, Ulrike is a multilingual, award-winning innovator, entrepreneur, and technology business executive with more than 20 years experience in the private, public, non-profit, and academic sectors.

In her current role as Senior Director, Digital Economy, Technology & Innovation with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Ulrike leads federal policy files on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, telecommunications, digital transformation, and privacy and data protection.

Ulrike is the architect of the Canadian Chamber’s Cyber. Right. Now. Council, and lead for the newly formed Future of AI Council. Ulrike established the Canadian Chamber’s health innovation, life sciences, and biomanufacturing portfolio, and the national health innovation and digital economy committees.

Originally from Germany, Ulrike completed her MA in the United States and has worked in executive leadership roles at the headquarters of prominent technology multi-national corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, and start-ups across the globe.

Ulrike was a lecturer at the University of Houston and Mount Saint Vincent University. Her passion for languages, cultures and teaching earned her the Mannesmann Teaching Award. Ulrike also worked for the Nova Scotia provincial government, and a Crown Corporation, while leading ocean tech and tidal research projects, rural broadband initiatives, CETA consultations, and international commerce and trade initiatives.

Prior to joining the Canadian Chamber, Ulrike successfully re-established and led Digital Nova Scotia for more than seven years in her role as President and CEO.

Her awards and recognitions include: WXN Top 100 Most Powerful in Canada Hall of Fame, RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant, Atlantic Business Magazine Top 50 CEO, WCT Top 15 Leadership Excellence in Canada: Innovator, and Progress Women of Excellence: Innovator/Entrepreneur. Ulrike was highlighted as one of Canada’s Top 40 Change-Makers by Canadian Living Magazine, featured in the Executive Voice Publishing “Best of Canada 150 Anniversary Report” and was one of the “Canada 150 Women” best-selling publication of the same name.

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