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Northern Powerhouse Virtual Tech Trade Mission to Malaysia

Monday, 5 July 2021 - Monday, 19 July 2021

Speakers

 

Philomena Chen

Head of Asia Pacific - Department for International Trade, North West

The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports UK exporters and foreign investors, through a global office network. Philomena is the Head of Asia Pacific for DIT’s North West of England and one of 50 strong team that provides one-to-one support for existing and potential exporters, along with a wide range of trade events and activity.

She works with public organisations and private businesses in the cross sectors and in education, technology and smart cities. Philomena leads on North West and Northern Powerhouse trade mission programme to Greater China and South East Asia.

Philomena has over 30 years working with commercial companies and in government organisations in South East Asia and in the UK. She started her career in education and moved to commercial sectors in finance, human resource management, sales & marketing, hospitality management and over the year developed strong networks and collaborative partnerships in diverse East and West international environment. She is a multi-lingual speaker and hold an MBA from the UK.