Arnold Tremere, (April 14, 1941 – October 26, 2008) was appointed as the Canadian International Grains Institute first director of Feed and Technology from May 1982 to October 1989, and subsequently was promoted to the position of Executive Director, the highest non-partisan position within the field of Agriculture in the Canadian government, where he served during the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1989 and signing of the agreement in 1994.

[5] In his early career, Tremere was employed as a Nutritionist and Director of Nutrition and Research in the Agriculture division at Maple Leaf Mills in Toronto for 12 years.

Following this period in industry, Tremere took his first position with the Canadian government in 1982 as the first director of the Feed and Technology division.

The major defining events during his period as Director included the advent of NAFTA in 1989 and signing of the agreement in 1994.

Specifically, in the area of technical services and support a new emphasis had been placed on understanding the consumer needs of the Asian market leading to many large scale tours in Western Canada offered and coordinated, under Tremere's direction, by "the Institute" for Asian agriculture representatives as well as the addition of the instant noodle manufacturing capacity at the C.I.G.I.

[10] Tremere retired to Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada, as a consultant for Stiltscorp,[11] where he remained until his death in October 2008.