Cohen Langerak

Cohen Langerak is a Senior Business Consultant with the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade’s Business Immigration Branch. The Business Immigration Branch helps to support Ontario employers and new investors with their foreign talent needs and attract and stimulate new foreign investment and entrepreneurship in the province. Cohen previously worked with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, providing corporate immigration advice and guidance to domestic companies and international clients investing in Ontario. In his current role, Cohen overseas the ministry’s temporary foreign worker portfolio and recently concluded successful negotiations with federal counterparts on a new foreign worker agreement. His most recent work with the ministry involves the development of a strategy linking Ontario’s immigration and trade priorities. The strategy’s purpose is to find ways of tapping in to and leveraging Ontario’s diaspora networks to strengthen Ontario’s international trade. Cohen joined the Ontario Public Service in 2010 and has received awards of excellence for ‘innovation’ and ‘outstanding new professional’. Cohen holds a Master of Public Service degree from the University of Waterloo and an Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science degree from the University of Guelph.