Subject: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 7/29 Private Meetings in Washington, D.C. with Mr. John Simmons, NEW Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi
From: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
To: "Meghan Hagberg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:31:50 -0400

The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is pleased to announce private meetings with

Mr. John Simmons
NEW Senior Commercial Officer
U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi

Friday, July 29, 2011
Washington, D.C.

To schedule a meeting, please contact Meghan Hagberg at 212-490-0460 or [email-masked]

Biographical Information

John Simmons will assume his post as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi later this summer.  He most recently served as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prior to this role, he served as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Peru. Prior to his assignment in Peru he served at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 2003 to 2007. In addition, he served for three years at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, where he headed the Medical Industry and Intellectual Property Rights unit.  Before his post in Tokyo, Mr. Simmons spent two years at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Long Beach, California.  Before his post in Long Beach, he covered high-technology sectors in the Office of Japan Trade Policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.  He also served as the India Desk Officer at Commerce for five years. Mr. Simmons holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and a Masters of Arts in International Affairs from the School of International Service at American University.

Meghan Hagberg
Senior Program Officer
Business Council for International Understanding
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Office: 212-490-0460
Mobile: 917-443-2966
Fax: 212-697-8526
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