CODE WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Scott Walter has been appointed to succeed Yvonne Appiah as Executive Director of CODE, effective immediately. Scott brings to CODE a wealth of experience in international education, development and leadership.

Scott has an impressive history with both government and non-governmental organizations. He comes to CODE from the Canadian International Development Agency where as Principal Advisor Education in Policy Branch he provided leadership to the Government of Canada on education issues in international development. This included Canada’s involvement at the multilateral level in the global Education for All-Fast Track Initiative and the Canadian Global Campaign for Education, when he played a lead role in consultations with Canadian NGO partners. Scott was formerly the Director of International Development at the International Reading Association in Washington DC, where he was responsible for programs and advocacy under global literacy development, spearheading such initiatives as the 32-country Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking network of educators and the Pan-African Reading for All conferences.

Scott’s varied background includes work with the Canadian publishing industry to establish the International Publishing Partnership and a two-year period as a classroom teacher in Lesotho under the auspices of the World University Service of Canada. Scott is a true global citizen that has been committed to CODE and its education initiatives abroad since the 1980’s. In 1988 he was posted to Tanzania as the Director of CODE’s East Africa office earning distinction for the establishment of programs such as the Children’s Book Project, a CODE partner recently recognized for its outstanding work with a 2007 UNESCO International Literacy Award. He returned to Ottawa in 1991 to take up the position of CODE’s Director of International Development. He is now continuing this commitment as the Executive Director of CODE and the CODE Foundation, working alongside partners and local stakeholders to bring tangible education results to the developing world.

In the appointment of Scott Walter, CODE’s Board of Directors wants to express its deep gratitude to Ms. Appiah who served with such distinction as CODE’s Executive Director from 1999 to 2007. Ms. Appiah is currently on long term leave due to illness.