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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSUL GENERAL LEO M. HERRERA-LIM
Leo
Herrera-Lim is a career diplomat. Prior to his posting in Chicago, he
has represented the Philippines in the United States as Second
Secretary and Consul at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.
from 1991 to 1998 and had frequent interaction with the World Bank
Group, Intelsat, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Treasury and in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as First
Secretary and Consul and later Minister and Consul General at the
Philippine Embassy in London from 2000 to 2007 dealing with
government, international organizations and the private sector.
He studied economics and law at the University of the Philippines.
In the Philippines, he previously served in the Department of Foreign
Affairs in various capacities, such as Special Assistant in the Office
of the Undersecretary for Policy (OUP) and in the Office of the
Undersecretary for Administration (OUA) and in the Office of Legal
Affairs (OLA) as Director of the U.S. Division and Assistant Director
of Treaties Division, the Philippine Senate with office of Senator
Edgardo Angara and the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan.
He has an extensive experience working with foreign governments,
international organizations and financial institutions. He was
intricately involved in the crafting and formulation of Government
policies and positions on bilateral, multilateral and special issues.
He is also a member of Philippine delegations to the United Nations
(UN), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and treaty
negotiations. He attended trainings, seminars and programs at the
Foreign Service Institute in Manila, the United States, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Italy.
Consul General Herrera-Lim
comes from Manila, is married to Fidelis Cariño and father to
Leonardo Ignatius and Frances Leanne.
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