Consulate Business Breakfast
Date/Time
October 3, 2024
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Event Registration Link
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Location
Consulate General of Ireland
1095 West Pender Street #1300,
Vancouver
Join the Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver for their next business breakfast on Thursday, Oct. 3rd at 7:30am.
The guest speaker is Sonja Hyland, Deputy Secretary General for Global Issues & Director for the Ireland, UK & Americas Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
This will be an in-person only event & spaces are limited. Check out the link for details and to register.
Sonja Hyland
Sonja Hyland has been a career diplomat since 1996 and is currently Deputy Secretary General for Global Issues & Director for the Ireland, UK & Americas Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this, she served as Political Director at the Department of Foreign Affairs, overseeing Ireland’s political relations.
DSG Hyland was formerly Ambassador of Ireland to Ethiopia, South Sudan, Djibouti, and the African Union from 2017 – 2019 and Ambassador to Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru from 2013 – 2017. Other posts have included Director for Trade Promotion and Economic Messaging at the DFA, Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at DFA, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassies of Ireland in Stockholm and Madrid and Ireland’s Representative to the Political Military Group at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels.