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LEO M. HERRERA-LIM
Consul General

Orontes V. Castro
Deputy Consul General

Alena Grace S. Borra
Vice Consul

Vernie V. Morales
Tourism Representative

Michelle Fatima S. Sanchez
Trade Representative

Dr. Jose L. Evangelista

Philippine Honorary Consul General, Michigan

 

 

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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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