A customer-focused, employee-oriented manager and leader with 15 years of experience in line and staff roles in public, private and non-profit sectors. Recognized for delivering results in trade promotion, marketing, human resource management, strategic and operational planning, and organization development. Proactive, passionate motivator, mentor, and team player who combines vision setting with solid execution. Always prepared to challenge the status quo with an excellent ability to think outside the box in order to solve problems through creative thinking.International experience: short-time working in the UK, Belgium, and Australia; speaker in Singapore, and Japan; regional training in India, China, Taiwan, and Thailand; the recipient of the Endeavour Executive Award from the Australian government; the honored guest of the U.S. Department of State in the International Visitor Leadership Program (ILVP).