Omojuwa Appointed into Halifax Board

Joshua J. Omojuwa has been appointed into the board of directors of Halifax International Security Forum (HFX). He joins Mrs Cindy McCain, White House nominee to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Major Gen (Rtd.) Tammy Harris, former Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Dr. Luis Rubio who chairs the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations and other distinguished members.

In a letter dated 8th July 2021 by HFX President, Peter Van Praag, Omojuwa was chosen to join the board based on his ‘meaningful contributions’ to HFX work over the years. The board is chaired by Janice Gross Stein, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Halifax International Security Forum (HFX) is a global non-profit organization comprising international government and military officials, academic experts, authors, and entrepreneurs with headquarters in Washington D.C., United States. Its annual forum holds in Halifax in Canada (after which it is named) and brings together about 300 participants from over 80 countries to address global security issues.

Established in 2009 as a program within the German Marshall Fund of the United States with financial support from the Canadian government, the forum became an independent organization in 2011 and was joined by ‘Foreign Affairs’ magazine (American magazine of international relations and foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations) as media partner.